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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Batty

‘Get real, wakey wakey, red pill time’: Reform candidates in their own words

Reform party candidate Mark Butcher stands outside a polling station during the local elections in May 2024
A YouTube video in which party candidate Mark Butcher outlined some of his theories was described by Reform as ‘some very late-night philosophical ramblings’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

While opinion polls have shown rising support for Reform UK during the general election campaign, the party has been dogged by revelations about some of its candidates.

These have ranged from comments that the UK should have remained neutral in the fight against the Nazis and admiration of Hitler’s “brilliant” ability to inspire action, to a conspiracy theory about King Charles being under the control of a shadowy global elite.

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