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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK

Chris Parry
Nigel Farage’s party has refused to condemn Chris Parry’s (pictured) comments. Photograph: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com

A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards the UK.

Nigel Farage’s party has so far refused to condemn Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral who has been picked to contest the now-postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election for the party, over his comment about Lammy, the deputy prime minister.

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