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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn and Kiran Stacey

Second Reform candidate quits, accusing party of ‘racism and misogyny’

Georgie David
Georgie David said the ‘vast majority of candidates are indeed racist, misogynistic, and bigoted’. Photograph: Reform UK

A second Reform UK candidate has quit the hard-right party, alleging that the vast majority of those standing for it in the general election are “racist, misogynistic and bigoted”.

Georgie David, who had been Reform’s candidate for West Ham and Beckton, issued a statement through the Conservatives, the party she is now backing.

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