Is this the quality of Reform candidates?
A Reform UK member has caused the party yet more embarrassment after announcing that he’s standing as a candidate for an election that won’t even be taking place.
Graham B Edwards, a lorry driver who describes himself as “very street wise”, announced that he will be standing as a Reform UK candidate for Porthcawl Town Council this year.
Nation Cymru reports what Edwards wrote on the Reform team Wales Facebook page: “Hi all! I just wanted to introduce myself and share a photo that I took.. I ve been in the haulage industry approx 40yrs. Along with a friend we run Wales Biggest truck charity event in Porthcawl in August annually. I am a member of Reform UK #reformwales .
“Labour need to be removed asap in my opinion with their current build build everywhere , without care for comunaties thoughts is a personal adgender.
“I am looking to running in Porthcawls local town council in May. I m ex forces, worked around the world in trucking , R.A.F. . Very street wise .”
A local political source told the paper that it was beyond belief that Edwards was ‘announcing himself as a candidate for an election that isn’t going to take place’, while also calling his spelling ‘something else’.
Is this the quality of Reform candidates?
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward
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