[1andrew1]

interesting choice of mayoral candidate for London from Reform. Tough on law breakers?

Reform’s candidate for London mayor broke companies law

Laila Cunningham, who says the capital is in the grip of a crime wave, has had several businesses struck off

Laila Cunningham, 48, has been heralded as an “enormously talented, successful woman” by Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, who this week unveiled her as a candidate for the 2028 poll.

The lawyer, who launched her bid by claiming that London is “in the grip of a crime wave”, has repeatedly fallen foul of UK company rules in her own business life.

Records show that three companies, either owned by Cunningham or in which she served as a director, were struck off by Companies House for apparently failing to file required documents.

Failing to file company accounts is a criminal offence under UK law and while directors can be prosecuted this action is rarely taken.

The businesses include a female co-working app started by Cunningham in 2017 and a business selling magnesium and menthol-infused roll-on lotion.

Cunningham, a Muslim mother of seven, is seen as a rising star within Farage’s party. She is currently a councillor in the wealthy Lancaster Gate ward in Westminster.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics...-law-bv70zcj3p

However, it's her religion which is not going down well with some on the right.

Dan Wootton, for instance, the far-right online broadcaster who had to leave GB News after Lawrence Fox made sexually offensive comments on Wootton’s show, complained that:

“Reform UK have capitulated to Islamists. Picking the Muslim Laila Cunningham to battle Sadiq Khan to become Mayor of London is deeply depressing”.

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026...yor-candidate/