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Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting (www.theguardian.com)

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A Reform UK general election candidate who said Hitler was “brilliant” at inspiring people and described Bashar al-Assad as “gentle by nature” is now in charge of the party’s vetting process.

Jack Aaron’s comments about the Nazi leader and Syrian dictator came to light last year when he stood for Reform in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency. He also claimed Vladimir Putin’s use of force in Ukraine was “legitimate”.

Aaron made the comments as part of a pseudoscientific theory of personality types. He is the president of the self-styled World Socionics Society – a group promoting the idea that there are 16 personality types.

However, while he was one of many Reform candidates whose comments caused controversy and led to many being sacked, he is now head of vetting at Reform UK.

The role includes scouring prospective candidates’ social media outputs and advising them on what should be deleted.

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[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 13 points 3 days ago

What the actual fuck? The best of it is, many of the people that will vote Reform will talk about pride in beating the [German] Nazis.

[–] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Feature, not a bug.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 1 points 2 days ago

Brilliant idea. Not.