According to Nigel Farage, Reform has vetting problems because it’s impossible to predict what people will say in the future.
But it seems even past comments can slip through the net.
Meet Sarah Wood, Reform Council Leader in Kirklees.
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Wood is certainly not the first Reform Kirklees councillor to make headlines for the wrong reasons.
In just one example, Councillor David Rowan called for former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow to be hanged:
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Reform says “a handful” of bad apples slip through vetting.
It’s not a handful. We’ve exposed Reform councillor after Reform councillor, and many of them are still in the party. Here are some of the worst 👇
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/1…
Reform says “a handful” of bad apples slip through vetting.
It’s not a handful. We’ve exposed Reform councillor after Reform councillor, and many of them are still in the party. Here are some of the worst 👇
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/1…
Adrian White (Wigan)
Reform has let Wigan councillor Adrian White remain in the party despite calling for two politicians to be shot. On Michael Heseltine: "Shoot him and his fellow parasites." When Theresa May was rejecting calls to resign as PM, he wrote: “can’t we just shoot her …please.”





