Second Reform nominee defects to Tories over ‘racist’ candidates

Ms David becomes the second Reform Uk candidate to defect to the Conservatives in two days, following Liam Booth-Isherwood, Reform’s candidate in Erewash.

In a statement she said: “I am hereby announcing my decision to leave the Reform Party and stand down as their candidate for West Ham and Beckton, with immediate effect.

“I am in no doubt that the party and its senior leadership are not racist. However, as the vast majority of candidates are indeed racist, misogynistic, and bigoted, I do not wish to be directly associated with people who hold such views that are so vastly opposing to my own and what I stand for.

“I also have been significantly frustrated and dismayed by the failure of the Reform Party’s leadership to tackle this issue in any meaningful way, and their attempts to instead try to brush it under the carpet or cry foul play.”