Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned eight other politicians’ loyalty to UK
A Reform candidate who said deputy prime minister David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” also suggested the primary loyalty of at least eight other politicians was not to Britain.
The party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, refused to condemn Chris Parry’s comments earlier this week, saying he was “not familiar” with the Hampshire and Solent mayoral candidate’s remarks.
The party is under pressure to sack Mr Parry, a retired Royal Navy officer, after it was revealed he posted on X (Twitter) in February: “Lammy should go home to the Caribbean. [his] loyalty is a lie.”
Born and raised in North London, Mr Lammy
It emerged that Mr Parry had made a number of similar comments about X about other politicians earlier this year.
In June, commenting on footage showing Labor MP Naz Shah taking the parliamentary oath using the Quran, he wrote: “If someone commits blasphemy by betraying the British people and showing primary loyalty to another country, that’s fine.”
In October, in response to Your Party’s co-leader Zarah Sultana’s social media post about a journalist’s comment that she should be deported, Mr Parry said: “Because your first loyalty is not to the British people. It has nothing to do with your religion or background. We do not trust you to defend our interests.”
That same month, over footage showing London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and MP Dawn Butler attending a Jamaican-themed party at Labour’s annual conference, he wrote: “You really have to wonder where people’s primary loyalties lie.”
In an interview where she discussed her Muslim faith, Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said: “Doesn’t his religion require him to show loyalty to his Muslim brothers before any country? A real question.”
In another post about Scotland’s Equality Minister Kaukab Stewart said: “Clearly his primary loyalty is not to Britain or Scotland.”
Comments were also made about Scottish Labor Party leader Anas Sarwar and former first minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf, according to T.o Guardian.
Labor leader Anna Turley said Mr Farage “should have expelled Chris Parry from Reform England and removed him from the candidacy about two weeks ago”.
He added: “His failure to do so shows that he is willing to turn a blind eye to racism at the highest levels of his party. “This is well below the standards the public expects from political leaders.
“Farage’s failure to take action against Chris Parry, despite his first racist comments coming to light 12 days ago, shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.”
Reform declined to comment.
