"A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should go home to the Caribbean has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards the UK. Nigel Farage's party has so far refused to condemn Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral who has been picked to contest the now-postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election for the party, over his comment about Lammy, the deputy prime minister."
"In a post in February, referring to a news story about the UK government supposedly considering talks about reparations for slavery which ministers have in fact rejected Parry is said to have written: Lammy must go home to the Caribbean where his loyalty lies. Labour said the emergence of the other comments, all made since May this year, showed Reform had to act swiftly, saying he was dragging his party further into the gutter."
"The bulk of the comments by Parry, all made on X, involve him quote-retweeting posts by others about the politicians, some originating from far-right or openly anti-Islam accounts. In May he highlighted footage showing Anas Sarwar, the leader of Labour in Scotland, speaking at a 2022 event celebrating the 75th anniversary of Pakistan's independence, writing: So many people in @UKLabour don't owe their primary loyalty to Britain."
Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral selected as Reform UK’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire and the Solent, wrote that David Lammy should 'go home to the Caribbean'. Parry suggested at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have primary loyalty to Britain. Many of the comments were made on X and involved quote-retweeting posts originating from far-right or anti-Islam accounts. Examples targeted Anas Sarwar, Naz Shah, Humza Yousaf and Zarah Sultana. Reform UK has not publicly condemned Parry, and Labour called for swift action, accusing him of dragging his party into the gutter.
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