Reform boycotts Senedd after member banned for saying white people are being replaced
Reform Wales said it will boycott the chamber after the ruling, while the speaker said Martin’s remarks were discriminatory and offensive.
- On Tuesday, Senedd Llywydd Huw Irranca-Davies banned Reform MS Joe Martin from speaking in plenary sessions until he apologizes, ruling his remarks about "demographic replacement" were "discriminatory" and "offensive".
- During Tuesday's business questions, Martin claimed mass immigration would cause white people to become a minority in the UK within 37 years, prompting Business Minister Heledd Fychan to request a ruling on whether the remarks complied with standing orders.
- The ban follows a pattern of disciplinary issues; Martin received a formal warning in September regarding inflammatory remarks about the Welsh Gender Service, and previously faced criticism in June for mocking Welsh students and claiming Sudanese asylum seeker attacks were "inevitable".
- Reform Wales leader Helen Jenner announced a plenary boycott on Wednesday in support of Martin, arguing "nobody elected to the Senedd should be silenced simply because others disagree with what they have to say."
- Official 2021 Census data shows 93.8% of people in Wales identified as white, a 1.8% decrease from a decade earlier, providing factual context that contrasts with the demographic replacement rhetoric advanced by Martin.
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