Reform welcomes 'shoot the p*kis' scandal ex-Tory

Every day, Reform’s battalion of local election candidates is looking worse and worse. Today, we learned that the party has welcomed a notorious ex-Tory councillor who voiced what can only be described as hardcore, Nazi-grade genocidal intent:

Reform claimed they have the most rigorous candidate vetting in the UK; yet a simple google search of Derek Bullock’s name brings up several news articles about Derek’s racist past.

So is Reform’s vetting process broken, or do they condone Derek Bullock’s call to violence?

— thelefttake (@thelefttake) April 4, 2026

‘Shoot them on the spot’

In March 2020, the Conservatives suspended Bolton councillor Derek Bullock. As the Manchester Evening News reported at the time:

It is alleged that Coun Derek Bullock, who represents Hulton ward on Bolton Council , posted an article from anti-Muslim activist Robert Spencer’s ‘JihadWatch’ on Facebook.

In response to an article about former party chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, he reportedly added: “She’s been a cuckoo in the nest!”

In another post, from February 2015, he is shown to have shared a Daily Mail article under the headline ‘Number of Muslim children in England and Wales doubles in a decade’, adding the comment ‘the clock is ticking’.

Despite this, Bullock was actually re-selected to run for the Tories in 2023 (although he was suspended, he remained a councillor). At the time, Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi said:

…culture of Islamophobia which has been found to exist throughout the party

Moreover, this decision shows a lack of commitment to integrity and calls into question his suitability for public office and ability to represent our multicultural town.

— Yasmin Qureshi MP (@YasminQureshiMP) April 5, 2023

In response to the backlash, the Tories re-suspended Bullock, with the Mirror reporting on this truly obscene post from him:

Following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, an account in Mr Bullock’s name commented on a news article: “Shoot the P***s on the spot.”

He’s clearly woken up to the fact that he’s not getting back into the Conservative Party. The question is whether Reform will tolerate a councillor who’s expressed an intent to eradicate a sizeable UK minority group.

Reform vetting

The Canary’s Antifabot posted the following:

Hey @reformparty_uk 🙋‍♀️

I just wanted to know, do you screen your candidates and if you do, is being a total and utter fascist who looks like a nonce a must?

Just so you know, if you do get in, we will absolutely stand up against people like this

Fucking dickhead pic.twitter.com/qz5hP9ZpFd

— 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕒𝔹𝕠𝕥 – AKA The Intolerant Left (@_Wrevolution_) April 4, 2026

As we reported earlier today, there is reason to believe that Reform just isn’t vetting its candidates:

Brett Muscroft is Reform UK’s candidate in Castleford Central & Glasshoughton, Wakefield.

He shows clearly that Reform UK’s vetting is nil for this coming local elections.

His posts on Islam, his support of Tommy Robinson, Enoch Powell and posting far-right and racist content… pic.twitter.com/2kDm9P5DSI

— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) April 3, 2026

The exposed posts from Brett Muscroft were found on his personal Facebook account. When we looked into it, this account was still public, and was instantly discoverable with a search on Facebook.

This leaves two possibilities: