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@se_margl @david_hollas If only they'd asked him about Reform's Great Repeal Bill that would strip workers of their rights and give landlords free reign to raise rents and evict for no reason. When asked before he said he'd have to look into it. Is he still looking into it?

@david_hollas two audience members calling him sexist before the two tier policing question even came up meant kenyon never really had a chance to get into his stride

Reform's candidate for Makerfield walked into a BBC Question Time by-election special tonight and didn't walk out of it in one piece. Robert Kenyon arrived carrying the weight of a week in which his party leader called for "pure cold rage," refused to condemn disorder at PMQs, and told Times Radio the violence was "just the beginning." His job was to deliver Reform's message to a live audience two weeks before polling day. He did not manage it. Kenyon had already deleted all of his previous social media accounts after posts emerged in which he agreed with a user saying he wanted to "smell and lick" an intimate area belonging to Carol Vorderman, and others in which he directly identified as a sexist and attacked women who had undergone abortions. He had dismissed the posts as "squaddie humour." Vorderman sent an open letter to 6,000 female voters in Makerfield ahead of tonight's programme. Within minutes of the show opening, a woman in the audience told Kenyon she would rather have a career politician than a sexist. He was asked directly to apologise to Vorderman. He deflected. Later, a member of the LGBTQ+ community called him a sexist from the floor. He had been called it twice before Fiona Bruce reached the two-tier policing question, the one Farage spent the entire week building toward nationally. When it came, Kenyon fumbled it. The erms and the you-knows took over. The media training, visible throughout as a series of mechanical pivots to party lines, fell apart precisely when the stakes were highest. He eventually said he condemned the Southampton violence. It took two public accusations of sexism and most of the programme to get there. Farage could not say the same words in Parliament on Wednesday. On Reform's pledge of 30,000 extra police officers, Kenyon was asked how the party would fund and deliver it. His answer: that's a problem for whoever is in charge of that. The audience laughed. On the Green Belt question, local, specific, the kind of thing Makerfield voters actually care about, he pivoted to immigration. The room had already decided by then. An audience member put the sharpest question of the night: how can you trust a leader who took a £5 million donation not to sell off the Green Belt to the highest bidder? Kenyon's answer was that it's going through Parliament, so it's not his problem. Three times in one evening, on three different questions, some variant of not my problem. Andy Burnham did the opposite of all of it. He said plainly that if he wins Makerfield he will run for Prime Minister. He pointed to crime falling in Greater Manchester as the record he would take forward nationally. He said he would take a serious look at the knife exemptions for religious purposes. No pivots. No deflections. Actual positions, stated plainly, in front of an audience that responded to every one of them, including, at points, the Conservative candidate getting warmer applause than Kenyon in a Labour heartland. Kenyon said this morning that Makerfield was a win-win, that even a loss would give Labour a bloody nose. Tonight looked more like a write-off. The by-election is 18 June. Polymarket has Burnham at 74%. #bbcqt

@BenGrahamUK He's not even an MP. When he talks about 2 tier policing he may have a point. Why have I never been stopped and searched - is it because I'm white?

Zia Yusuf has absolutely gone scorched earth on the media over the last few days, and for once, someone is saying what millions are thinking. Every attempt to smear, misrepresent or bait him has been met head on. Calm. Direct. Ruthless. Whether people like it or not, he's emerging as one of the most effective communicators in British politics. Our future Home Secretary.

@LeeHarris The BBC have platformed him at every opportunity. 38 times on BBC Question Time. Reform is on just about every news programme. Farage needs the BBC and the BBC has been happy to help. Even the apology gives him more good publicity.

BBC Newsnight have just issued an apology to Nigel Farage for wilfully misquoting him. This is the THIRD apology in THREE years. Once is a mistake. Twice is incompetence. THREE times is 100% deliberate. I honestly can't wait until the licence fee is scrapped.

@Nigel_Farage @BBC So now he's got this apology, how will he get Kenyon out of BBC Question Time and avoid another Reform candidate car crash appearance?

Given this has become something of an annual event, I am already looking forward to next year’s apology. @BBC

@SuellaBraverman @reformparty_uk A masterclass on giving a political speech without mentioning any policies. Imagine if he's said: we'll bring back zero hours contracts, cut sick pay, get rid of equalities laws, bring back 'fire & rehire', cut protection for pregnant workers, let landlords easily evict families.

Keep going Rob! Vote @reformparty_uk in Makerfield.

@RobKenyonReform A masterclass on giving a political speech without mentioning any policies. Imagine if he's said: we'll bring back zero hours contracts, cut sick pay, get rid of equalities laws, bring back 'fire & rehire', cut protection for pregnant workers, let landlords evict families.

I feel honoured that so many wonderful Reform members have come to support the campaign. This was my speech to them. Let’s take back our country.

@writteninoak Farage told people to react with "cold hard rage" to the appalling murder of Henry Nowak. Since then multiple officers & a police dog have been injured in violent disorder. Sign the open letter now & tell him to stop stoking hate & division: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-hatre…

Nigel Farage has won the next election with his speech on the Henry Novak affair. The Cold Rage speech will be remembered as one of the defining speeches of the ages. Absolutely historic. youtu.be/pBFH3ydyfKs?si…

@Nigel_Farage Farage told people to react with "cold hard rage" to the appalling murder of Henry Nowak. Since then multiple officers & a police dog have been injured in violent disorder. Sign the open letter now & tell him to stop stoking hate & division: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-hatre…

My legal team have written to the BBC demanding a full on air apology and investigation into the defamatory comments made about me on Newsnight. Enough is enough. dailymail.com/news/article-1…

@AhmedIbrahimUK @LeeHarris @francessmith Maybe ask the residents of the streets trashed last night. They're trying to get their cars repaired today & sweeping up the glass & bricks left by far right thugs. Maybe ask the 11 police officers injured by a violent mob. Is it right to express feelings with nazi salutes?

The Nowak family cannot dictate how the public feel or respond. Their son was killed 6 months ago with no protests at the time. Now people are rightly expressing their anger and frustration from woke-infected institutions and two-tier policing. Why is that so hard to understand?

This is a disgrace. Nigel Farage asks THE question at PMQs the public WANT answered. 'Will he end the divisive practise of two-tier policing and make sure everyone is treated the same' He's disgracefully is shouted down and Keir Starmer denies a problem even exists Disgusting

@reformparty_uk Looks like white people are missing out on being stopped and searched.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Keir Starmer finally answered Nigel Farage in PMQs today only to state that he does not believe there is two-tier policing in Britain. Reform UK will end two-tier policing. Starmer won’t even acknowledge it.

@ZiaYusufUK Do you mean more white people should enjoy being stopped and searched by the police? At the moment it's almost as if black people are getting more from the police than white.

Structural anti-white racism is embedded in British policing

@BBCNewsnight Farage -missed 77 votes in Parliament -absent from Parliament since 18 March -held 0 surgeries in Clacton BUT as soon as he can stir up hate & division he suddenly reappears gleefully disrespecting a grieving family's wishes to stir up hate, division & violence. Despicable!

"When Nigel was talking about rage he wasn't talking about rage against anyone... he was talking about rage at a system." Reform UK's Laila Cunningham defends Nigel Farage's "pure cold rage" comments in response to the treatment of Henry Nowak by police. #Newsnight

@Nigel_Farage @RobKenyonReform Where has Farage been? Not been in Parliament since 18 March. Missed 77 votes in Parliament. Rarely in Clacton; never holds surgeries. We pay him to do a job he doesn't do it-. Suddenly he's back stirring up hate and division and disrespecting Harry Nowak's grieving family.

I’ve just spoken to hundreds of activists here in Makerfield. They’re all about to go out knocking on doors for @RobKenyonReform. 👊

@TiceRichard Two tier taxation - when multi millionaires can dodge their taxes while most of us are on PAYE so pay the full amount.

Two tier Keir Two tier Policing Two tier justice British people know it Police whistleblowers admit it Out of touch Labour deny it telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/0…

@MartelMaccabeus @Number10cat You're a foreigner in the UK. Have you been savagely raping and murdering brits?

@Number10cat "Our son was murdered by a foreign savage, just as many other native Brits are raped and murdered by foreign savages, but don't use his murder as a pretense for doing something about all the foreign savages raping and murdering native Brits." What they think doesn't matter.

"We want to use Henry’s heartbreaking story to make change for the better. We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.” I am in awe of Henry Nowak's family. Anyone callously ignoring their wishes deserves nothing but contempt.

@Frio_river @CNBC Negotiations were happening before Trump's illegal war. The bombing stopped negotiations and killed Iran's leader who was willing to talk. He has been replaced by a more extreme leader whose father, wife and children were killed so probably not willing to compromise.

@CNBC Trump has given IRAN plenty of time. Time to get serious. Bombs are the only way to negotiate with EVIL.

Trump tells CNBC: 'I don't care' if Iran negotiations are over cnbc.com/2026/06/01/tru…

@MattHarperUK @policylaila I don't defend Starmer or Labour. Please don't jump to wild conclusions. Farage won't save the country from anything. Just look at the shambolic, useless Reform councillors and the brexit disaster

@ihaterocket @policylaila He is the party leader. How much time does Starmer spend in his constituency? Farage has a huge responsibility, to save the country from the rabid, inept/incompetent Left. And please, please don't try to defend Labour's economic record, now or historically.

He’s the only leader with the guts to take on the establishment and speak truth to power. Unlike others, he always has. And he brings receipts.

@MattHarperUK @policylaila He's not fighting now. Hasn't been in Parliament since 18 March. Missed 77 votes. Not seen in Clacton. We pay him to do a job and he seems to have canceled himself. Maybe he's cast adrift on an actual Desert Island?

@policylaila he takes the battles on, no matter how hard, how long, he fights for us, which for me, makes him a most worthy national leader. Good digging @policylaila

@policylaila Where is Farage? He's not been in Parliament since 18 March. He's missed 77 votes in Parliament. We know he hardly ever goes near Clacton. We pay him to do a job and he's AWOL. #WheresFarage?

@TiceRichard When you say 'our taxes' ...

So many Makerfield voters are furious at the illegals crossing the Channel and paying our taxes to pay for them The unfairness of it. They know only Reform will stop the boats