Reform candidate Leslie Lilley said he would 'slaughter' migrants and 'have their families taken out' in response to small boats social media post - joining list of Nigel Farage's controversial election hopefuls
- Leslie Lilley reportedly said he would 'slaughter' migrants arriving on boats
- He is the candidate running for the party in Southend East and Rochford
- Mr Lilley also suggested Border Force guards use razor wire to tear the boats
A Reform UK candidate said he would 'slaughter' migrants arriving on small boats and have their families 'taken out', it has been reported.
Leslie Lilley, who is running for the party in Southend East and Rochford, reportedly made the threats on his Facebook account.
In a post in June 2020 he commented on the arrival of a small boat in Dover, saying: 'I hope I'm near one of these scumbags one day. I won't run away, I'll slaughter them then have their family taken out.'
Within weeks he posted again, railing against 'more scum' entering the UK.
'I hope your family get robbed, beaten or attacked', he added, according to The Times.
Leslie Lilley, who is running for the Reform party in Southend East and Rochford, said he would 'slaughter' migrants arriving on small boats and have their families 'taken out'
Leslie Lilley is the latest in a string of Reform hopefuls who have expressed controversial views
Mr Lilley is one of 41 Reform candidates who are 'friends' on Facebook with the fascist leader Gary Raikes (pictured), a former organiser for the British National Party and who now heads the New British Union, modelled on Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists
Mr Lilley also suggested that razor wire should be carried by Border Force guards to tear the boats making the dangerous journey across the Channel.
In another concerning post, he commented 'gas' alongside laughing emojis under a video of Muslims praying, the newspaper said.
The 70-year-old also claimed that the Covid-19 pandemic was a plan to 'depopulate the world' and was 'mass murder by government'.
He is one of 41 Reform candidates who are 'friends' on Facebook with the fascist leader Gary Raikes.
Raikes is a former organiser for the British National Party and heads the New British Union, modelled on Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.
Meanwhile, the Reform candidate in Meriden and Solihull East, Malcolm Sedgley, has likened the Royal Family to 'Nazis' and branded the late Queen a 'tax avoiding OAP on benefits'.
In one social media post from 2019, Mr Sedgley said: 'Just because the Royal Family believe they have an almost divine right to rule because of their superior genetics, and that the plebs should swear allegiance to them and show deference at every opportunity, doesn't make them Nazis. Oh... hang on.'
In a post from 2017, he shared a link to a BBC story with the headline, 'Tax haven secrets of the ultra-rich exposed', which included a picture of the late Queen.
He wrote alongside it: 'An OAP on benefits, heading an extended family with barely a job between them, manages to save a few quid and sneak it away for a rainy day. What's wrong with that?'
