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Reform UK candidate steps down over photo of him doing Nazi salute
Corey Edwards resigned amid backlash over a 2019 photo showing a Nazi salute gesture, defended as impersonation by Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage.
- On Saturday, Corey Edwards stepped down as Reform UK's lead candidate for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg, citing mental health issues after a photograph appeared online showing him appearing to perform a Nazi salute.
- Published by Nation Cymru on Friday, the image prompted Edwards to claim he was imitating 'a Welsh footballer's use of it, or indeed Basil Fawlty's walk' rather than making a genuine political gesture.
- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage initially defended Edwards, describing the gesture as a 'Fawlty Towers impression,' though opposition parties immediately questioned the party's candidate vetting process ahead of the May 7 election.
- Plaid Cymru called the incident 'utterly disgraceful,' stating the photo confirms a 'clear pattern in the calibre of candidates' Reform is selecting for communities across Wales.
- This resignation follows controversies involving other Reform candidates in Scotland and across the UK, intensifying pressure on the party to strengthen vetting procedures before the May election.
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Nigel Farage defends Senedd candidate’s Nazi salute
Reform leader Nigel Farage has defended a Reform candidate in the Welsh Parliament elections who performed a Nazi salute. Corey Edwards, who is standing as a Senedd candidate in Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan constituency in May, is pictured grinning with his right arm in the air, and a finger under his nose. Farage dismissed Edwards’ behaviour, saying he was impersonating Basil Fawlty, from the BBC show Faulty Towers. Speaking to ITV News, Far…
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