Paul Nuttall has been appointed to the position of Vice Chairman of Reform.
Nuttall’s previous political highlight was a 6 month stint as leader of UKIP, one of Nigel Farage’s previous pet projects. Nonetheless, he’s failed to ever become an MP, although he did try 6 times.
Let’s recap some of his illustrious past and present:
He’s a fan of a burqa ban, the death penalty, not having inclusive sex education in schools and banning migrants who suffer from various diseases from entering the UK, citing the usual tired tropes of Britain being overcrowded and only deserving of "quality people" whatever that might mean (a cynic might say he then should be deported asap).
In the past he’s incorrectly blamed migrants for ruining the NHS. Whilst, at the same time being anti-the-existence of the NHS – seemingly thinking it should be privatised. He’s yet another rabid disbeliever in the science of climate change – global warming is "a money led scam" apparently, and appears to think that Al Gore’s "An Inconvenient Truth" should be banned. Naturally he bangs on about "cultural Marxism" just like all right-thinking wannabe thought police do.
He wants to add further constraints on abortion and thinks torturing people is OK in some circumstances.
He’s also a weird liar. In the past he’s been caught out fibbing about all manner of strange things, many of which are easy to disprove, including:
- Being on the board of the North West Training Council.
- That he was present at, and had close personal friends that died in, the Hillsborough disaster.
- That he has a PhD in history.
- That he’s been a professional footballer.
- That there wasn’t an increase in hate crimes after Brexit.
He’s also been investigated for electoral and massive expense related fraud more than once