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Question Times Audience Member Savages 'Sexist' Reform By-Election Candidate

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05.06.2026

Question Times Audience Member Savages 'Sexist' Reform By-Election Candidate

Robert Kenyon got a rough ride on a special edition of the political debate show.

A BBC Question Time audience member savaged the Reform UK candidate in a crunch by-election over his “sexist” views.

Robert Kenyon has been forced to defend social media posts he made before being chosen to stand for the party in Makerfield, Greater Manchester.

The plumber wrote that women can’t “ref, drive or give directions” on an online rugby fan forum in the 2010s.

He said women presenting rugby games on TV “aren’t up to the job and only there to tick a box”, adding: “I’m sexist, sorry but I am.”

On the same forum, he also........

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