Reform activist suspended after reportedly saying Muslims cannot be British
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Reform UK has suspended a party activist who reportedly said that you cannot be Muslim and British in footage recorded by an undercover reporter from ITV News.
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It is also investigating two of its councillors who appear to have advocated for the mass shooting of grooming gang members in the footage.
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The party's response follows the latest allegations from undercover filming by ITV News, external, which has led to Reform facing questions over its vetting procedures for candidates.
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A party spokesperson told the BBC it was pursuing legal action against ITV and the documentary's production company which had used undercover reporting to obtain its material.
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Reform said in a statement to ITV there is "no room for racism" in the party, and added that it has opened investigations where activists or members had "clearly behaved inappropriately".
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In the ITV documentary Undercover: A Year in Reform - set to be broadcast on Sunday - party activist Jason Powell reportedly says: "You cannot be Muslim and British, it's like oil and water."
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In the footage, Powell, who has applied to be a Reform parliamentary candidate, also says he believes migrants who arrive illegally should be kept in "concentration camps" if they cannot be returned to their country of origin.
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Reform said Powell has been suspended from party membership while an internal investigation takes place.
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Reform is also investigating two councillors who represent the party in the London borough of Hounslow.
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In the footage, Councillor David Kerr advocates machine gunning thousands of grooming gang members.
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His colleague Councillor Adam Parkins suggests if he became prime minister he would conduct Sunday morning executions in the Downing Street rose garden.
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Mr Parkins told the BBC that advocating the death penalty for men who "systemically groomed and raped young girls" was a perfectly legitimate opinion.
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Reform UK has said it has prioritised and improved its vetting procedures.
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On Wednesday night, ITV News broadcast undercover filming which showed some of Reform's councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language.
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Responding to the broadcast, Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick said all political parties had "bad apples".
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Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he said he "didn't like what I heard in the documentary" but argued that the party had acted quickly, removing or suspending those in the undercover film.
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Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filming Reform faces criticism after councillors filmed making racist comments
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