US EditionReform UK Scotland Leader Malcolm Offord Apologises for 2018 Homophobic Joke
Malcolm Offord apologised for a 2018 crude homophobic joke during a Burns Night speech and made a donation to an LGBT charity, amid scrutiny of Reform UK candidates.
- Reform UK's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, apologised for an "inappropriate joke" about George Michael he made during a Burns Night speech in 2018 while chairman of the London Scottish rugby club.
- Offord said he "instantly regretted" the remark, made a donation to an LGBT organisation, and took "responsibility" for his "clumsy mistake".
- Scottish politicians, including Angus Robertson and Paul O'Kane, criticised Offord and questioned his fitness for public office, with O'Kane calling on him to apologise or resign as Reform UK's leader in Scotland.
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Reform UK Scottish leader's apology for 'offensive' George Michael joke
Reform UK’s Scottish leader Malcolm Offord made a joke about the late gay icon George Michael that was so offensive that he apologised and donated to an LGBTQ+ charity. Eyewitness Ian Lewer shared that Offord told the joke, which was at the expense of Michael’s grieving boyfriend Fadi Fawaz, while making a speech at a Burns Night event at the London Scottish rugby club in 2018. Speaking to the Daily Record on 24 March, Lewer shared that he had b…
Reform Scotland leader apologises for homophobic joke about George Michael’s partner
Malcolm Offord was speaking at a Burns supper at the London Scottish Rugby Club in 2018, where he had been chairman at the time The post Reform Scotland leader apologises for homophobic joke about George Michael’s partner appeared first on Attitude.
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Reform’s Scottish leader apologises for joke and denies he is homophobic
Malcolm Offord is said to have made the jest while giving a Burns Night speech in 2018.
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