"Images of Facebook posts by Alan Stay, a candidate for Reform in the Isle of Wight, show he shared racist and sexist messages, including one that repeatedly used an explicitly racist epithet, arguing that it was not a harmful word."
"Caroline Panetta, who is standing in the outer London borough of Bexley, retweeted anti-Islam comments, including one saying Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, wanted to turn the city into Londonstan where women would be unsafe."
"Anna Turley, the Labour party chair, said: What will it take for Nigel Farage to finally act? Farage must condemn these vile remarks, sack them as Reform candidates and kick them out of his party without delay."
Labour criticized Reform UK's candidate vetting process after two candidates in the May local elections were accused of making offensive social media posts. Alan Stay shared racist and sexist messages, while Caroline Panetta retweeted anti-Islam comments and made derogatory claims about Islam. The controversies surrounding Reform candidates have raised questions about the effectiveness of their vetting procedures, despite claims of improvement by Nigel Farage. Labour party chair Anna Turley called for immediate action against these candidates and condemned their remarks.
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