Reform UK puts candidate who praised Hitler and Assad in charge of vetting

Reform UK puts candidate who praised Hitler and Assad in charge of vetting

It’s getting worse for Reform UK. The right-wing party has decided to appoint an election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and who described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” in charge of the party’s vetting process. Reform was heavily criticised at the last general election for failing to vet its candidates, after it had to remove more than 100 general election candidates since the start of the year, more than a…