Full list: every controversial Reform candidate

After storming out of the blocks at the beginning of this campaign, polls suggest that Reform’s support has now tailed off slightly in the past week. So what’s the reason for this? Nigel Farage himself suggested to ITV yesterday that he had been ‘wilfully misinterpreted’ over his Ukraine comments but added that: ‘I think the other thing that’s perhaps had a bigger impact is we’ve just had too many candidates who’ve said stupid things. I think that’s perhaps the reason that we’ve dropped off a little bit.’

So who are these candidates saying ‘stupid things’? Mr S has started pulling together a handy guide of Reform’s nominees across the party who have all found themselves in the headlines in recent weeks. Below is a list of candidates embroiled in controversy since the election was called at the end of May – so not including the ten dropped in April:

Raymond Saint – Basingstoke

Reform dropped