LABOUR slammed Reform UK today amid a deluge of damning evidence against the right-wing party’s mayoral candidate Chris Parry, who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean.”

Nigel Farage’s party has faced calls to drop the retired Royal Navy officer as mayoral candidate for Hampshire and the Solent after it emerged he had posted on X in February: “Lammy must go home to the Caribbean where (his) loyalty lies.”

In a press conference on Tuesday, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice claimed that he was “not familiar” with Mr Parry’s remarks against the Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, but added, “whether we think he’s doing a good job or a bad job is just part of politics.”

Reform UK continued to refuse to condemn Mr Parry yesterday amid new reports that he suggested at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards Britain.

The other comments have all made since May this year. Made mostly on X, they involve him quote-retweeting posts by others about the politicians, some originating from far-right or openly anti-Islam accounts.

Labour Party chair Anna Turley MP said: “Nigel Farage needed to throw Chris Parry out of Reform UK and drop him as a candidate weeks ago.

“The fact he didn’t shows he’s willing to turn a blind eye to racism in his party’s senior ranks. It falls far below the standards the public expect of political leaders.

“Nigel Farage said Reform UK’s candidate vetting was the highest standard of any party. A basic trawl of his mayoral candidate’s social media could have exposed these racist and abhorrent comments directed at people of colour.

“The fact Farage has failed to take any action against Chris Parry despite his first racist comments being exposed two weeks ago shows what a weak leader he is. He is dragging his party further into the gutter and is unfit for high office.”

Mr Parry has targeted Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Labour MP Naz Shah, former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, MP Dawn Butler and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

In October he told Your Party MP Zarah Sultana: “We don’t trust you to defend our interests” after she tweeted about a journalist’s comment that she should be deported.