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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Reform UK suspends mayoral candidate over comments on Jewish group

Chris Parry
Chris Parry had been set to stand for Reform in the Hampshire and the Solent mayoral contest in 2028. Photograph: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com

Reform UK has suspended one of its key mayoral candidates after he described members of a Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” and likened them to “Islamists on horseback”.

Chris Parry, who had remained the mayoral candidate for Hampshire despite a previous controversy in which he said David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean, made the latest comments on Monday about Shomrim, a volunteer group that safeguards communities including Orthodox Jewish families.

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