Despite appearing on the ballot paper as the Reform candidate in the recent local council election for Nuneaton’s Galley Common in Warwickshire, he ended up taking his position as an independent councillor rather than representing Reform.
He’s another one who apparently didn’t check the rules.
In a statement on Facebook on 28 April, Shingler said he “cannot run under a political organisation, party or movement due to my employment”.
It seems that he works for the RAF. And, for better or worse:
Members of the armed forces face considerable restrictions on political freedoms that are taken for granted by most of the population. They are not permitted to join a trade union or a political organisation, to speak to the media or in public without permission or to stand for elected office.