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Election candidate sacked for failing to answer calls because he was dead (metro.co.uk)

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Reform UK say they are ‘mortified’ after sacking an inactive parliamentary candidate who later turned out to be dead.

The hard-right political party dropped York Central candidate Tommy Cawkwell after he failed to reply to their emails and phone calls.

Reform initially said they had rescinded his candidacy due to inappropriate messages on social media, but later discovered he had died following the selection process.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Got that "dead but still have to work" energy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Are we sure he was alive when he was selected as a candidate? Reform do not exactly have the most stringent of entry requirements, and I'm not entirely sure that lack of pulse would be a disqualifier. After all most of their candidates lack functional brain and that doesn't seem to be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'd be more likely to vote for him than any living Reform UK candidate.