Laila Cunningham panics when asked about Reform’s Epstein links

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if you struggle with secondhand embarrassment, you may find this video of Reform’s Laila Cunningham hard to watch

Laila Cunningham is Reform’s candidate for the mayor of London. She’s also one of the worst public performers in the whole of British politics. This was especially clear in the following encounter she had with Lowkey on Piers Morgan Uncensored:

"He met him for a business deal…"

Reform UK's candidate for London Mayor states that her party's treasurer, Nick Candy, met and had business dealings with Israeli asset Jeffrey Epstein as she escapes the Piers Morgan show. pic.twitter.com/n3G4fXTu7v

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) February 20, 2026

‘And!? And!?’ — even her answers need ‘reform’

As the video begins, Cunningham is saying:

I’m not gonna sit here and argue with this guy who has no idea what he’s talking about.

She’s talking about Lowkey here; the problem is she agreed to go on Piers Morgan Uncensored. You can’t really go on a debate show then get upset when you’re expected to debate the other panelists.

She was clearly very agitated too, as she continued:

I’m Muslim, I know millions of Muslims like me, and we do not like radical Muslims coming in here and giving us the facts.

We’ve worked with Lowkey over the years, and we’ve never had any reason to think he’s the sort of “radical Muslim” Cunningham is talking about (i.e. a terrorist). He’s certainly radical in his progressive politics, but in this exchange he was calm and collected.

This is what Lowkey said before Cunningham fled the debate:

The treasurer of your party is in the Epstein files. The treasurer of your party, Nick Candy, is in the Epstein files.

As Lowkey was saying this, Cunningham started saying “I’ve gotta go”. Perhaps she did have another appointment, but obviously no one is going to believe that; it just looks like she panicked and needed to bail.

Lowkey added:

Did he know Ghislaine Maxwell? What’s your response?

Cunningham’s response ended up being:

And!?

And!?

Has he done any wrongdoing!?

And!?

And!?

This looks bad written down, but we can assure you it looked worse in motion.

Approaching an actual answer, Cunningham said:

He met him for a business deal.

This isn’t a great response, obviously, because most normal people don’t do business deals with international billionaire paedophiles. Accordingly, Lowkey responded simply:

Right.

Clearly worried she’d put her other foot in her mouth, Cunningham complained:

We’re not talking about Nick Candy; We’re talking about immigration. How is that related?

Lowkey explained:

He’s the treasurer of your party.

It’s a fair point.

If a political party can’t speak on its connections to the Epstein sphere, how can we trust them on anything? And there are other connections too.

As we reported, Steve Bannon was essentially best friends with Epstein towards the end. In recent years, Bannon sought to create a network of similarly-minded far-right agitators across Europe. His man in Britain was none other than Nigel Farage.

Epstein knew about Bannon’s actions, by the way, and he celebrated them.

Back to the interview, master debater Cunningham said:

You cannot argue your argument, so you’re picking on random stuff that has no relevance.

Demonstrating how one argues their argument, Cunningham said next:

I gotta go. Bye, Piers.

Here’s a tip for you, Laila — don’t book yourself into debates you can’t finish, because it will always look like you’re running scared — especially when you have such lacklustre debating skills.

The Islamic party of Reform’s London mayoral candidate @policylaila . appeared on the Piers Morgan show where she walked out on a debate with Journalist and Rapper @Lowkey0nline !! #lowkey #interview #reform #muslim #walkout pic.twitter.com/uTZtPJCejT

— Ani Says (@ani_says1) February 20, 2026

Oh, and shoutout to Lowkey for this other great point:

Lowkey comes with facts and names the people pushing propaganda.

Refugees are 0.18% of the country. Over a million have no recourse to public funds. Those who do, it’s £37.50 a week. So who’s the bigger burden: the person next to you in a GP surgery, or the billionaire newspaper… pic.twitter.com/nBKX5CJe0I

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) February 20, 2026

‘I can’t answer that’

This isn’t Cunningham’s first woeful appearance. Who could forget this gem:

"If the Tories are so bad, why is Reform UK filling themselves full of them?"

Laila Cunningham: I can't answer that. pic.twitter.com/fxdPli1XKY

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) January 10, 2026

She’s clearly realised that “I can’t answer” is not an acceptable response when you’re a politician. The problem is that she still has nothing to say, which is why she resorted to:

And!?

And!?

Embarrassing stuff!

For more on the Epstein Files, please read:

• The media circus around Epstein is erasing the experiences of victims and survivors (Maddison Wheeldon).
• Epstein files show how racialised trafficking erased Black girls from victimhood (Vannessa Viljoen).
• Epstein’s ‘broligarchy’ is being ignored by the corporate media (Alice Charles).

Featured image via Epstein Files