Tice refuses to condemn 'go home' Lammy remark

REFORM UK's deputy leader has declined to condemn comments by one of the party's mayoral candidates who said David Lammy should "go home" to the Caribbean.

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Richard Tice said he was "not familiar" with the remarks by Hampshire and the Solent mayoral candidate Chris Parry.

Reform has faced calls to drop Mr Parry, a retired Royal Navy officer, as a candidate after it emerged he had posted on X in February: "Lammy must go home to the Caribbean where (his) loyalty lies."

Mr Lammy was born in London to Guyanese parents. Asked about Mr Parry's post at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Tice said:

"I'm not familiar with what was said.

"At the end of the day, David Lammy, he's a Cabinet minister, whether we think he's doing a good job or a bad job is just part of politics.