Apparently
Nigel Farage has only just discovered that he has recruited some very dubious
election candidates for Reform UK. One doesn’t have to wander very far from
Bexley to find them despite him engaging Vetting.com to look into their backgrounds.
Vetting.com is owned by Colin Bloom who the Daily Telegraph describes (see panel) as the
Conservative Party’s faith adviser under Boris Johnson.
But he was more than that. I voted for him here in Erith & Thamesmead back in
2010 when he was the Conservative general election candidate despite him
wrongly accusing me of supporting UKIP.
(I did but not enough to vote for them.)
His election address claimed a connection to Thamesmead
but stopped short of claiming local residency. He was
photographed with several Bexley Councillors,
maybe he didn’t know them all or has forgotten about some but whatever the case he failed to uncover everything he might have done.
If Colin Bloom had asked to borrow my two fat files of information or asked any number of
local victims Nigel Farage might have found better candidates.
Despite the blue rosette their candidate in Old Bexley is to the best of my
knowledge an honest man.