Reform’s National Organiser Claimed Tommy Robinson Had Been ‘Persecuted’

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Reform’s National Organiser Claimed Tommy Robinson Had Been ‘Persecuted’

One of Reform UK’s senior officials publicly defended far-right figure Tommy Robinson, DeSmog can reveal.  The party is standing by Noel Matthews, who is running as Reform’s parliamentary candidate for North West Leicestershire, despite other candidates having been dropped for similar offences.  In 2018, Matthews posted an article on Twitter from the U.S. conservative magazine National Review. Matthews’s tweet included the headline of the articl…