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Badenoch criticises Reform over councillor’s ‘disgusting’ posts

Kemi Badenoch has said that she was “really shocked” by Richard Tice refusing to directly condemn comments about Nigerians being melted down and used to “fill in the potholes”.

Glenn Gibbins, who last week was elected as a Reform councillor in Sunderland, made the comments on social media in 2024, and has been suspended by the party.

Gibbins has apologised, saying the posts “were intended as joke, but were made in extremely poor taste”.

Badenoch told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: “I think that was a disgusting comment that that Reform candidate made, and the Reform [deputy] leader … Richard Tice, wouldn’t even condemn it. That’s what I’m worried about. People say all sorts of stupid things, they should get slapped down when they do that.”

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36215653)

I wonder how many think it's funny, just can't say so.

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215667)

Made me chuckle :D

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215667)

Made me chuckle :D

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36215688)

me too.

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36215691)

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

me too.’

Couldn't see what was being referred to. So, left me cold.

Sephiroth

18-05-2026 08:45

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Now that I understand (thanks Hugh). Itshim got it right.

papa smurf

18-05-2026 08:46

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36215691)

Couldn't see what was being referred to. So, left me cold.

i watched it on the Trevor Philips show, it made me chuckle because kemi is of Nigerian descent ,it was just a joke ive heared worse .

Sephiroth

18-05-2026 08:57

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I can imagine one or two politicians that could more usefully be melted down to be turned into spaghetti or dumplings, preferably then fed to pigs.

Lammy gets a reprieve from me because of his entertainment value.

Carth

18-05-2026 09:07

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Question (or two):

Would chuckling at that (as I did) instantly cast me as racist?

Is there a Government list somewhere stating what I can laugh at, as well as a list of things I can't laugh at?

Is there actually anything classed as humour today that is funny enough to laugh at?

Do Englishmen, Irishmen and Scotsmen not go into a pub anymore?

Sephiroth

18-05-2026 09:12

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215700)

Don't forget the Jew and the Catholic.

papa smurf

18-05-2026 09:23

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215700)

Question (or two):

Would chuckling at that (as I did) instantly cast me as racist?

Is there a Government list somewhere stating what I can laugh at, as well as a list of things I can't laugh at?

Is there actually anything classed as humour today that is funny enough to laugh at?

Do Englishmen, Irishmen and Scotsmen not go into a pub anymore?

it depends on weather the accuser has read the book titled virtue signaling by i r woke.

Carth

18-05-2026 09:31

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36215702)

it depends on weather the accuser has read the book titled virtue signaling by i r woke.

Yes, I guess that's what it all comes down to nowadays.

Anyway, I must disappear for a few minutes, I have to go flagellate myself with stinging nettles due to having impure thoughts about Irishmen on building sites :shocked:

papa smurf

18-05-2026 09:34

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36215703)

as long as you're not having thoughts about wolf whistling women from said building sites

Sephiroth

18-05-2026 09:39

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Indeed, what is racist? Calling the French "Frogs"? The Irish "Micks"? The Jews "Yids"? The Welsh "Taffs"? The Scottish "Jocks"? The Germans "Krauts"? The Spanish "Spics"? And so on. Haven't got one for Muslims, note - nor Christians for that matter - but the Jews have always been vilified and so they have a handle.

I haven't heard anyone from Reform UK using these common terms. Perhaps they're afraid of the hypocritical backlash and outrage that would be fired at them.

I so bloody hate woke.

Carth

18-05-2026 10:04

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That's the thing, everyone got the same treatment, no matter what race, religion, sex (now called gender), shape or form . . even animals and aliens weren't spared ;)

Do you laugh if you see someone walk into a lamp post whilst checking their facebook status? I do . . and laugh again when they glance round to see if anyone saw it :D

Same with seeing an umbrella turn inside out in a gale, that's funny, as is a seagull pinching someone's chips.

It was said Laughter is the best medicine, now nobody laughs anymore and people are ill . . . just look at the NHS waiting list. <Logic, tell me I'm wrong> . . that's a joke by the way :p:

Sephiroth

18-05-2026 11:05

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I don't pretend that the types who are Reform UK members are all non-bigots in terms of race and religion. But then the same is true of Labour, particularly the left wing of Corbynites and the Gaza lot, who find Jews distasteful.

The Tories (my party) are the normal middle class people, to my mind (this remark will be seized on, I suspect). But the leadership there is woke beyond desperation and thus won't openly allude to the takeover this country is facing from the alien culture invading our country.

Reform UK calls it out and I want my party to come to an arrangement with Reform UK.

GrimUpNorth

18-05-2026 12:05

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Yeah you're all 100% correct, it is OK to pass comments on someone's skin colour, ethnicity, gender or religion. Maybe that's because you're probably all white middle aged males who won't identify as any of the groups you feel it's ok to ridicule.

Call me woke if you want, but when your the but of 'jokes' or comments because you are what you are then it hurts. But you lot are OK so let it long continue. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

papa smurf

18-05-2026 12:56

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he's read the book

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