Politics
Reform is running a ‘diversity champion’ in the Scottish elections
In the latest ‘turkeys voting for Christmas news’, a professional ‘diversity champion’ is running to become a Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Reform UK.
This is a deeply hypocritical move for the party because Reform is supposedly against this sort of thing.
Reform UK candidate runs diversity training courses which her party wants scrappedhttps://t.co/ykV7PXti9A
— Reform Party UK Exposed
Reform’s Ross will not advocate scrapping DEI
As reported by the Edinburgh Inquirer, Angela Ross isn’t just a regular diversity champion. Ross is the co-founder of a company that provides compliance training and DEI courses.
The company ran diversity training for Northumbria Police in 2020, and Ms Ross delivered a talk promoting National Inclusion Week in 2022, including a section on “unconscious bias” and how to identify protected characteristics.
Given this, do you think Ross actually wants DEI scrapping? Or do you think she knows what we know — i.e. that Reform is a Tory-style status quo party which will make far fewer changes than it threatens to because it relies on its supporters being mad all the time?
Make no mistake, Farage has said he plans to scrap DEI as BBC Radio 5 Live reported in May last year.
Nigel Farage says Reform would end promotion of diversity programmes in the workplace.
He says it’s costing the taxpayer £7bn.
What will actually happen is: Farage gets in power, he says he can’t scrap the Equality Act because of lefty judges, and then he dines on the outrage for as long as possible. Eventually — like with the Tories — voters will wise up to the fact that this stuff was mostly just window dressing.
Oh, and according to Byline Times, the real DEI bill is actually £27 million, not £7 billion.
Is it a problem that Reform can’t do maths? Maybe the real ‘equality’ they should be worried about is that of the numbers they’re adding together.
Difficulties
Of course, none of this is to say Reform won’t do actual, serious damage to the country nor is it saying they won’t make people’s lives miserable. While Reform is incredibly unlikely to deliver on the universal deportations many of their supporters desire, that doesn’t mean they won’t make the system as pointlessly cruel as possible.
DEI stuff will be harder for them because many Britons don’t like to think of themselves as racist, ableist or sexist. Should Reform actually try to abolish DEI, they’d have to explain which bits of the Equality Act need abolishing and why. When pressed on the matter, this is something they’ve struggled with.
So… Essentially, millionaire Zia Yusuf wants to ADD a section on economic inequality to the protections under the Equality Act?
Because he claims he doesn’t want to get rid of any other protected characteristics, just also make sure white working class men are protected? — Zoe Gardner (@ZoeJardiniere) February 18, 2026
OK
In response to their diversity champion candidate being exposed, Reform said that Ross:
shares our view that many diversity, equity and inclusion programmes have gone too far, becoming bureaucratic, divisive and often ineffective. Having seen these initiatives from the inside, she is well placed to understand their shortcomings.
Reform UK’s position is clear: we support equality under the law and merit-based opportunity, but we oppose costly, box-ticking exercises that do not deliver real results.
Okay, so which bits are you planning to remove, lads? Can’t answer? It’s a very simple question and one which Reform is refusing to provide any detail on.
Local election section
In other local election news, another Reform politician has demonstrated an inability to understand numbers.
Reform Senedd candidate mocked for blasting 20mph speed limit while standing on a 50mph roadhttps://t.co/zJ99fZRSMp
— Reform Party UK Exposed
The party also has a politician who has decided they’re afraid to show their face online.
— Cllr Wayne Dixon (@Wayne_Dixon) April 27, 2026
The Canary’s coverage of Reform’s local election campaign includes the following stories:
- Reform UK now ‘rejecting’ Tory defectors following poll slump
- Reform candidates are making promises they can’t keep
- Reform activist said ‘Hitler was right’
- Reform candidate wants to ‘tear down’ the NHS
- Reform candidate exposed as a horny nincompoop
Featured image via Flickr/ European Parliament
By Willem Moore
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