{"id":44,"date":"2024-08-01T06:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T06:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cm-theme.test\/?p=44"},"modified":"2024-08-28T08:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:32:47","slug":"reform-uk-candidate-resigns-over-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmblocks.com\/cm-news-default-pro\/2024\/08\/01\/reform-uk-candidate-resigns-over-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform UK candidate resigns over blog posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reform UK\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">parliamentary <\/a>candidate in the same constituency as Kemi Badenoch has resigned from the party after it emerged he previously urged people to vote for the BNP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant StClair-Armstrong, who is standing in North West Essex, also used a blog to post jokes using racial slurs and made a joke about \u201cfemale hormones\u201d, according to the Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told BBC News he had \u201cnever supported the BNP\u201d and \u201cbitterly\u201d regretted the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr StClair-Armstrong will still appear on the ballot paper as the Reform UK candidate because the deadline for nominations has passed. But if he is elected he would stand as an independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Times reported that, in 2010, the candidate had written: \u201cI could weep now, every time I pick up a British newspaper and read the latest about the state of the UK. No doubt, Enoch Powell would be doing the same if he was alive. My solution \u2026 vote BNP!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr StClair-Armstrong told BBC News he posted the comment some time between 2004 and 2007 and he was an \u201cangry man\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have never supported the BNP. I think they are a disgusting organisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether he had chosen to resign, he said the party had forced him to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I wouldn\u2019t have stepped down. I would have let the people decide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-cm-news-quote-icon has-accent-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-123aa5e32120d5f3efa14c542448c4a7 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-accent-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5190294c6d35d9f998d087a728f92ce\">Cras dapibus ullamcorper dictum. Vivamus nec erat placerat felis scelerisque porttitor in ac turpis. In nec imperdiet turpis. Suspendisse quis orci ut orci pulvinar eleifend<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Times reported that, in 2010, the candidate had written: \u201cI could weep now, every time I pick up a British newspaper and read the latest about the state of the UK. No doubt, Enoch Powell would be doing the same if he was alive. My solution \u2026 vote BNP!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3413\" src=\"http:\/\/cmblocks.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/annora.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3413\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3414\" src=\"http:\/\/cmblocks.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/white-ghost-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3417\" src=\"http:\/\/cmblocks.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/backyard-town.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3418\" src=\"http:\/\/cmblocks.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hanging-bridge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3418\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK\u2019s parliamentary candidate in the same constituency as Kemi Badenoch has resigned from the party after it emerged he previously urged people to vote for the BNP. 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