A Reform UK candidate sparked controversy by suggesting Britain should have accepted Hitler's offer of neutrality during WWII. The candidate also made derogatory remarks about women. Despite backlash, the party defended the candidate's comments, calling them 'probably true.'
Unearthed comments from 2017 show a Reform UK candidate saying that 'Islam and Nazis are the same thing.'
“We fought against Hitler, unlike the Reform candidate who wished we'd done a deal.” Shocked that Reform is standing by their candidate Ian Gribbin, minister of security @TomTugendhat tells #TimesRadio, the Tories "stand on the side of freedom." 📻: https://t.co/qqLUeL6DUr https://t.co/GrtIFMLZCb
Reform UK spokesperson says candidate’s stance that Britain should have taken up neutrality against Hitler during WWII was “shared by the vast majority of the British establishment including the BBC of its day, and is probably true.” Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/JpN2n6nJK9
Reform UK spokesperson says candidate’s stance that Britain should have taken up neutrality against Hitler during WWII were “shared by the vast majority of the British establishment including the BBC of its day, and is probably true.” Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/va5ZOSKFIg
Cannot stress enough that a spokesperson for @reformparty_uk describes this candidate’s views as “conveniently forgotten truths”. This is not a patriotic party at all. Reform candidate said Britain should have been ‘neutral on Hitler’ https://t.co/GNMB7b09fP
Reform says it is standing by candidate who said Britain should have stayed neutral in WW2 https://t.co/rSsrg8x20b
A Reform UK candidate said Britain should have been neutral against Hitler, praised President Putin and said women should be denied healthcare ⬇️ https://t.co/AuHL5bctwR
“There will be people in amongst everyone’s candidate list by the way who said controversial things.” Comments made by a Reform candidate about Britain taking Hitler’s offer of neutrality are “not worthy of any further action,” says deputy leader of Reform @benhabib6 https://t.co/koyok27PIr
Reform UK has defended one of its candidates who said Britain should have “taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality”, saying the comments were “probably true”. https://t.co/OkbFLe0GCE
'Calling Churchill - arguably the greatest Briton - abysmal, is not someone I'd vote for.' @JoshxHowie, @TheSimonEvans and @NickDixoncomic react to a story from The Independent as a Reform candidate says the UK should have 'taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality'. https://t.co/KfOKOzVgfH
Reform UK has defended one of its candidates who said Britain should have “taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality”, saying the comments were “probably true”. https://t.co/DRMSqk86Ry 👎👎👎 https://t.co/zDQnTNQrWu
Reform candidate apologises for his Hitler neutrality comments https://t.co/X30EwlMOcg
Reform candidate says UK should have ‘taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality’ instead of fighting Nazis. OMG - Lost for words. People like that are still around and want to resurrect Nazi ideologies. And some want to vote for them. Wake-up Britain. https://t.co/14KjdIAosR
Reform candidate says UK should have ‘taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality’ instead of fighting Nazis. OMG - Lost for words. People like that are still around and want to resurrect Nazi ideologies. And some people want to vote for them. https://t.co/14KjdIAosR
A Reform UK candidate has apologised for an old internet post which said that Britain should have "taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality" instead of fighting the Nazis in the Second World War Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/Is0yvwlNJa
Reform UK defends candidate over Hitler neutrality comments https://t.co/FQTV8LgtIb
Reform candidate said Britain should have been ‘neutral on Hitler’ https://t.co/z11HELDl7Y
Reform candidate apologises after suggesting UK should have 'taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality' https://t.co/YlstLMLUDH
Reform Party Backs Candidate Who Said UK Should Have Done A Deal With Hitler https://t.co/aqyh7kVLTL
Tories accuse Reform UK of 'Nazi apologism' after it defends candidate who said UK should have made peace with Hitler - https://t.co/HphqFYdTt6
And inevitably: Reform UK candidate claimed UK would be "far better" if it had "taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality" instead of fighting the Nazis. Ian Gribbin also wrote that women were the "sponging gender" & should be "deprived of health care". Reform UK: Crank…
NEW: Reform UK candidate apologises for saying Britain should not have fought Hitler https://t.co/s7Frd2RRQb
🔴 Reform candidate said UK should have been neutral against Hitler https://t.co/tQPNUq5NI4
All parties will have controversial General Election candidates, @Nigel_Farage said, after it emerged that a Reform contender had said that Britain should have “taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality” https://t.co/2ffVevL9Yk
Reform candidate says UK should have ‘taken Hitler’s neutrality offer’ https://t.co/vE5byVF9Dm
Reform UK candidate said Britain should not have fought Hitler and slammed 'abysmal' Churchill https://t.co/WsVPNgn2EB
I'm not saying my writing brings out the worst in people, but the Reform candidate who said the UK should have been neutral against Hitler seems to have made his comments on my @unherd article (which had nothing to do with Hitler, btw...) https://t.co/QYHfoMObjH https://t.co/aRS792xMiy
Reform UK candidate says Britain should've "taken up Hitler's offer of neutrality" over declaring war on Germany after the invasion of Poland. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/u3xYZqTS1U