- Reform UK has suspended its Hampshire mayoral candidate, Chris Parry, following controversial social media remarks.
- Parry appeared to liken Shomrim, a Jewish neighbourhood watch group, to 'Islamists on horseback' after an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances.
- The remarks were made after four ambulances belonging to the Jewish charity Hatzola were destroyed in an arson attack, which police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.
- This is not the first controversy for Parry, who previously made a comment about David Lammy that was condemned as racist.
- Opposition parties, including Labour and the Liberal Democrats, have criticised Reform UK's vetting process and leadership following Parry's suspension.
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