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Brian Reade looks at the chaotic newcomers and infamous oddballs who have stood in British elections in recent times - and why it's bad news for Rishi Sunak

Reform UK’s election campaign hasn’t got off to the best start. Richard Tice’s party has already had to drop ten prospective parliamentary candidates after some rather unsavoury social media posts were highlighted by media organisations and campaign groups. The Reform leader has since said that his party had published its candidate list early so that

The party has now ditched or suspended at least 12 candidates over offensive comments on social media.

Reform UK leader Richard Tice has warned his candidates not to use social media while drunk after the party dropped seven of them for inappropriate online posts.

Pete Addis, who was standing in South Shropshire, has posted a slew of offensive material, including calling for Sir David Attenborough to be killed off and using the racial slur ch**ky.

The right-wing challenger party has suspended its South Shropshire candidate Pete Addis after a slew of comments posted online were exposed

Reform has suspended its candidate in West Aberdeenshire after she reportedly called for meat-eaters to “eat other humans” and for the human…