Reform Councillor Alexander Jones forced to apologise for spreading racist misinformation about the recent train knife attacker

This time the apology is from Councillor Alexander Jones, a reform UK councillor in Doncaster.

Following the recent shocking and appalling knife attack on a train that originated in Doncaster, he took to Facebook to let us all know that because the attackers involved were not English the tragic event should be “prompting again discussion about the impact of mass immigration on public safety”.

The Byline Times shares the (now-deleted) full post:

The recent stabbing incident on the train from Doncaster to London King’s Cross has understandably further raised significant concerns. Reports suggest that the individuals involved are not English, but black and of Caribbean descent. Prompting again discussion about the impact of mass immigration on public safety. While diversity is often celebrated for its contributions to society, the challenges surrounding community cohesion are becoming increasingly apparent. If our goal is to foster a safer society, we must critically and immediately evaluate our immigration policies and consider the implications of welcoming large numbers of individuals from third world cultures into our land…

Apart from the inflammatory and racist nature of the post itself, the suspect currently being charged for the incredibly violent attacks involved is actually a British citizen. No immigration involved.

Nonetheless, Reform’s councillor Jones appeared to double down when that fact was brought to his attention. It is apparently simply impossible in his mind to be both Black, as the suspect is, and English. In fact, bafflingly, if your genetics don’t directly descend from the “tribes of Angels, Saxons and Jutes”, then neither are you.

Being English transcends mere citizenship; it encompasses a rich tapestry of lineage, culture, and traditions back to 927 AD when tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes formed together and created the country of England. So british [sic] maybe, but not English.

His misinformation-laden post has rightfully attracted a lot of criticism.

A Doncaster Labour spokesperson told Byline Times: “In a moment of national shock following the horrific attack, former Doncaster Mayoral candidate for Reform UK chose to spread misinformation in an attempt to stoke racial hatred and division.
“Sadly, this is the behaviour that we are coming to expect from Reform UK.”

The “deeply offensive and discriminatory” remarks in the words of one resident “use the tragedy to promote racist generalisations about immigration and so-called ‘third world cultures’ a local told Byline Times.

One resident told this outlet the rhetoric was “outrageous, inflammatory, and wholly incompatible with public office.”

“It promotes racial division, undermines community cohesion, and perpetuates harmful stereotypes. It is vital that such racism from elected representatives is called out and held to account.”

A Doncaster resident, Andy, who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, said: “I find these comments deeply unacceptable because they stoke division and undermine the sense of unity in our City. Statements like this make valued members of our community — many of whom were born here and are proud British citizens — feel targeted and unwelcome. That’s not what Doncaster stands for.”

In fact the hero of the moment, a train worker called Samir Zitouni who was severely wounded whilst trying to save other people’s lives, was not of “Angels” descent. He is apparently a Muslim man of Algerian descent – with at least some sources claiming he is an immigrant himself. If so, one wonders if Councillor Jones will be using that fact to prompt discussion about immigration within his party.

Reform Kent loses their 9th councillor so far – Isabella Kemp

The incompetent chaos abounding in Reform’s “flagship” council – Kent – continues with the departure of Isabella Kemp. She was a councillor in Kent, as well as the data protection officer for Reform UK’s headquarters.

This brings the total councillors that have had to go since the relatively recent election up to a whopping 9 of the 57 in total that were elected there.

Kemp is not happy about her dismissal and seems to be on the route to taking legal action:

Kemp said she had started the process of taking Reform UK to a tribunal for unfair dismissal. She said she had contacted the conciliation service Acas and the whistleblowing charity Protect.

Harry Rayner, the leader of the Conservative councillors there, provides a very fair criticism of the catastrophic mess that Reform is creating in Kent:

Harry Rayner, the leader of the Tory group of councillors, said the council was now “mired in the consequences of self-inflicted damages” and he had seen nothing to rival it in 40 years of local government experience.

“This council has been made a laughing stock with more clowns on display since I saw Bill Smart’s last circus,” he said.

Reform’s incompetence in Kent Council ‘threatens public safety’

The chaotic incompetence of Reform’s Kent Council has gotten to the level where it is apparently a real threat to public safety.

Following the removal of so far nine Reform councillors, five of which were members of the fire authority, there is no-one left to sign off the expenditure needed for the local Fire and Rescue service to keep everyone as safe as possible.

The FBU, which represents firefighters across the UK branded the situation “a shambles and a threat to public safety”, dubbing council leader Linden Kemkaran “captain chaos”.

Local reps from the firefighters’ union have written to the council but haven’t received so much as a reply.

Steve Wright, FBU general secretary, said: “This situation is a shambles and a threat to public safety.

“Without sound governance, fire and rescue services will not be able to do their jobs properly.

“The public has a right to expect that its emergency services are accountable to them and their elected representatives. At the moment, the structures for that have broken down in Kent.

“It’s time for the council administration to get a grip.”

Joe Weir, Fire Brigades Union executive council member for the South East, said: “Kent firefighters work round the clock to keep the public safe. The least they deserve is political leadership that functions.

“Since Reform took over the council in May, we have seen a deeply worrying lack of care and diligence. The FBU has written to Linden Kemkaran, or ‘captain chaos’ as she is becoming known, to ask for a meeting, but nothing has been forthcoming.

“The FBU will continue to defend the safety and welfare of firefighters, as well as the safety of the public.”

It’s previously been noted that the same incompetent administrative chaos is potentially impacting the educational well-being of some of the constituents they are supposed to represent.

Last month a Kent committee which had been set to decide on seven families who say they need supported school transport for their children had their meeting cancelled because its chair was among those suspended.

Another Reform councillor has to apologise for his offensive tweets

Another day, another Reform councillor is forced to apologise for his offensive social media use.

This time it’s Peter Mason, councillor for Burton South.

Within the past couple of years he’s been tweeting such gems as:

What a surprise a statue of a fat arsed black woman.

And nonsense like:

Utter rubbish the police now are a bunch of politically indoctrinated British hating scum….look then other way when Islamists chat their hatred, take the knee to BLM, paint rainbows and dance around like fairies…

And I don’t want to go to the effort of looking up the full text, but according to Reform Party UK Exposed he’s been tweeting “graphic and insulting” stuff about trans people too.

Reform wants to cut minimum wage for young people in order to give more money to those already earning £100k+

Reform UK looks set to continue its anti-worker, pro-billionaire, policies in full swing after Nigel Farage spent yesterday announcing, amongst other policies, that he thinks the national minimum wage for young people should probably be cut.

“There’s an argument the minimum wage is too high for younger workers,” Farage said.

“Particularly given that we’ve lowered the level at which NIC is paid to £5,000 a year.”

Urging the Chancellor to “do something” about it, Farage said that she should “do one or the other, either lift the cap at which NI is due, or lower the minimum wage…”

For reference, the current minimum wage per hour rates are hardly luxurious:

  • £12.21 (aged 21 and over)
  • £10 (aged 18 to 20)
  • £7.55 (aged under 18)
  • £7.55 (apprentice rate)

All of those are below what the Living Wage Foundation calculates you need per hour given the actual cost of modern-day living. They put the “real living wage” at £13.45 per hour for most of the UK, and £14.80 if you’re in London.

Conversely though, at the same time as actively trying to further impoverish the everyday worker they pretend to respect, if you are one of the tiny percentage of young people who are already earning a massive salary, £100k or up, then Reform would like to give you even more money.

He called for tax cuts for “young professionals” earning more than £100,000 a year, saying that they were leaving the country due to “this hard left socialist dogma that it’s popular to tax the rich”.

It is actually popular to tax the rich. At least at times like these where there is such a disconnect between the everyday experiences of the average person in the street and the incomprehensibly wealthy top percentage of society by wealth. Even some of the already very rich believe they themselves should be taxed more – see for example the Patriotic Millionaires.

These latest pronouncements are simply a continuation of a campaign to transfer wealth from the majority of everyday people in the UK currently struggling through a cost of living crisis into the ever-expanding pockets of the unpatriotic billionaires that Farage admires so much.

James Buchan defects to the Conservatives – ‘The more I saw of Reform, the more uncomfortable I felt to be part of it’

James Buchan, previously a Reform councillor for Dartford Borough Council, has defected to the Conservatives, having apparently entirely lost confidence that Reform can do anything worthwhile for the people they are supposed to represent at all.

In a statement Mr Buchan added: “I stood for election with the sole aim of working for my community and getting things done for local families.

“Having had the opportunity to see Reform from the inside I’ve concluded that the party doesn’t really have the experience or ambition to do that.”

He further accused Reform UK of “relying on rhetoric and slogans, which isn’t going to help real families in communities like Stone House”.

“The more I saw of Reform, the more uncomfortable I felt to be part of it,” he added.

It sounds like he was worried that Reform’s performance was so impossibly bad that he couldn’t even sincerely tell his friends that he was acting in their best interest whilst under the control of Reform.

Kent Online goes into more detail of how as a Reform insider, Buchan came to realise quite how badly Reform were treating the vast majority of the people they claim to represent:

Slating Reform UK’s national policies, he continued: “I looked at friends, family and so many other honest, hard-working people and realised that Reform UK has a pretty unfortunate way of treating people.

He too was one of the majority of Britons who found Reform’s claim that they’d retrospectively remove the already-granted right to remain in the country from folk who’d entirely legally earned it abhorrent, saying.

“Things like a proposal to remove ‘Indefinite Leave to Remain’ from all non-EU residents who are working here perfectly legally is an example that could be devastating for decent people who have built a life here and contribute to our country.

It sounds like that as time went on he found that he’d be ashamed to be part of their cruel and incompetent administration.

“It creates a huge amount of fear and anxiety and I want to be able to look my family in the eye and say ‘that’s not who I am’.”

The Conservative council leader welcomed him into their fold, saying:

James wanted to be able to look his family and friends in the eye and tell them he has served them well, and he knows with Reform he couldn’t do that.

Reform MP Lee Anderson admits to gaming the benefits system when at the Citizens Advice Bureau

Lee Anderson appears to have admitted, without any shame, that in his previous job with the Citizens Advice Bureau he actively involved himself in defrauding the state in order to have it pay welfare payments to people who weren’t necessarily eligible for them.

“Before I came into politics, I worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau,” he said.

“We used to fill the form out for clients … I can tell you now, we were gaming the system.”

Mr Anderson described the process as “a competition” between the adviser and the Department for Work and Pensions.

He boasts:

The Reform chief whip told reporters: “I could take the fittest man in Ashfield and we could get him a 100 per cent claim on DLA”

Presumably that’s one reason why he and his ilk are so obsessed with the idea of weakening the already fragile welfare state that some people so desperately and legitimately depend on. They know that they themselves when given half a chance would greedily break the rules to get what they’re not entitled to.

But we have no evidence to suggest that the majority of Britons are as similarly devoid of ethics or morals, or are as comfortable with breaking the rules, as he is.

All we learn from this is Lee Anderson isn’t trustworthy and shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near any position of power or trust.

Reform’s Sarah Pochin ‘driven mad’ by seeing adverts ‘full of Black and Asian people’

Reform’s increasingly infamous MP Sarah Pochin has been back making public comments about what really keeps her up at night.

For once it’s not all about spending vast sums of public money on their favourite type of flags. But nor is it the cost of living crisis, the welfare crisis, the Reform competence crisis, their desire to transfer any residual wealth from the everyday-person to the billionaires they want to make or their inability to keep any of their pre-election promises.

It is that: TV adverts have too many Black and Asian people in them for her taste.

Reform MP Sarah Pochin has hit out at “woke” adverts “full of black people”.

The Runcorn and Helsby MP said it “drives me mad” and claimed the “average white family” was no longer represented.

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Ms Pochin was responding to a viewer on TalkTV who complained about the demographics of advertising.

The MP said the viewer was “absolutely right” and “it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people”.

Whose fault is it? Oh, same as usual, it’s the great conspiracy of the woke apparently.

Ms Pochin blamed the situation on the “woke liberati” in the “arty-farty world”.

Anna Turley of the Labour party comments on this re-emergence on a classic complaint of the racists her comments belie:

It’s astonishing that a senior Reform MP is spending her time counting the numbers of people with a different skin colour to her on TV adverts.

Defining British people by the colour of their skin is completely unacceptable and shows once again that Reform are more interested in dividing our country than uniting it.

Two more councillors expelled from Reform’s Kent county council

It’s official – two more of Reform’s councillors have been kicked out of the party.

Bill Barrett – after being demoted and suspended, he’s finally removed.

Robert Ford – after being suspended following several complaints from female members of the council’s staff.

Reform say it’s because:

…their conduct undermined the interests of the party and brought Reform UK into disrepute.

By which they are probably referring to the humiliating and widely mocked leak of a recent Reform virtual meeting – rather than the various complaints from women, allegations of bullying and incompetence that between them they’ve received at various times.

Marina Hyde eviscerates Reform’s record so far in local government

In a recent article entitled “Dear Britain, do you worry that Team Farage is just a hot mess in power? Or is everyone too angry to care“, the indefatigable Marina Hyde summarises the abject “achievements” of Reform since they took over several local councils several months ago.

Flash forward to today, and in Reform’s dry run for running the world’s sixth largest economy, the party’s councils are finding it a lot harder than they made out.

In Nottinghamshire, the Reform county council leader banned party engagement with the Nottingham Post after completely wetting his pants over an article in the paper about … local government reorganisation.

Elsewhere, Reform have frequently shown themselves to be the free-speech warriors who love the mute button, the anti-snowflake crew who somehow constantly make complaints about bullying – and do so top to bottom. There have reportedly been eight official complaints of bullying to Reform’s south-east regional director in the past three months, while Reform’s top brass actually called the police about the mean words of Rupert Lowe (previously one of their five MPs but now suspended and independent).

Meanwhile, having honked endlessly about their Doge knock-off and all the millions in savings they would find just lying on the table when they took control, multiple Reform councils have found there aren’t any and they’re all probably going to have to raise the council tax by the maximum amount allowed.

As she says:

It’s all chaos and hypocrisy and drama, all of the time.