Ian Gribbin - Reform UK candidate in Bexhill and Battle | Reform Watch
Profile and accountability tracker for Ian Gribbin, Reform UK candidate in Bexhill and Battle. Reform UK.
Role: Reform UK candidate in Bexhill and Battle
Party: Reform UK
Recorded incidents (showing 1-1 of 1)
Recorded incident
Category: inflammatory language
Location: United Kingdom
Ian Gribbin, a Reform UK candidate described Nazis as "real visionaries", as reported by The Times. The comment formed part of a wider pattern of inflammatory remarks attributed to Reform UK candidates in recent media coverage. Separate reporting identified Ian Gribbin, Reform UK’s candidate in Bexhill and Battle, as having written in 2022 that "Britain would be in a far better state today had we taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality" and making a series of misogynistic online posts for which he later apologised. The party’s senior figures said they would review such conduct and pointed to vetting difficulties caused by the unexpected election timetable.