BBC Question Time fallout dwell: Reform ‘sexist plumber’ Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon blasted

Responding to a member of the audience who described him as “sexist” on last night’s Question Time, Reform UK’s by-election candidate Robert Kenyon said: “I won’t accept that label, I mean a lot of the things have been said 15 years ago.

“I hold my hands up, I’ve made mistakes…

“I was brought up by a single parent and my grandma, who was a widow, and an older sister. So I was brought up by women.

“I’ve got nothing but respect for women, you know, so I think something that’s said, you know, 15 years ago, dragged up from an old rugby forum, you know, it’s completely taken out of context.

“And like I say, I’ve made mistakes, I’ve said things years ago that I wouldn’t say now and I definitely don’t believe that, on that point.”

Mr Kenyon added: “I’ve got nothing but respect for women.”