BBC's Chris Mason Utterly Demolishes Reform's Makerfield Candidate Over His Social Media History

Robert Kenyon was forced to try and explain away his controversial comments online in a toe-curling exchange.

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Reform’s Makerfield candidate had a car crash interview with the BBC’s political editor over his controversial internet history.

Wigan councillor Robert Kenyon is running against Labour candidate, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, in the crunch by-election.

While it is still seen as a two-horse race, Kenyon’s deleted social media posts have dominated much of the conversation during the campaign.

As BBC political editor Chris Mason pointed out during an tense exchange, Kenyon once claimed Russia was “well within its rights” to invade Ukraine’s sovereign territory Crimea.

“That will sound to some people that you’re sympathetic to Vladimir Putin,” the BBC journalist pointed out.

Kenyon replied: “Absolutely not Chris, I’ve served in the Army Reserves since and I’m totally against illegal annexation of Crimea. Things have happened since, people change........

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