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Reform UK candidate said Russia within rights over Crimea in 2014 post
Robert Kenyon, Reform UK's candidate in the Makerfield by-election, wrote in 2014 that Russia was within its rights to annex Crimea and compared the move to the Falklands. The comments resurfaced during the campaign for the 18 June vote.
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The post, made in March 2014 on a forum discussing Ukraine, responded to a comment stating that Crimeans wanted to join Russia and that the Falklands and Gibraltar wanted to remain British. The candidate replied that he agreed "totally" and added a question about whether Latvia would be next.
Campaign context The comments were reported by The Telegraph and have resurfaced during the campaign for the 18 June by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency. The candidate finished second in the seat in the 2024 general election with 31.8 per cent of the vote.
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