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Reform candidate targeted JK Rowling and Sturgeon in online rants

2 July 2024

6:11 PM

2 July 2024

6:11 PM

Oh dear. Just two days to go until polling day and Reform is once again in the limelight after yet more controversial comments by a candidate have come to light. It transpires that the party’s Orkney and Shetland choice, Robert Smith, is responsible for a series of damning social media posts – in which he takes aim at JK Rowling, Nicola Sturgeon and Ursula von Der Leyen amongst others.

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