Makerfield: Reform candidate sexist?

I watched the whole programme, my conclusion is; do people want a professional, erudite, polite member of parliament or a plumber with very little understanding of politics? I gathered this opinion from what I heard last night, others who watched the programme my have different well informed opinions.

His background should have been checked,things he said have come back to bite him and those things were awful however I don't think a by election should have been called purely to allow Andy Burnham to challenge Keir Starmer,not that I'm a fan by any means

J52

I watched the whole programme, my conclusion is; do people want a professional, erudite, polite member of parliament or a plumber with very little understanding of politics? I gathered this opinion from what I heard last night, others who watched the programme my have different well informed opinions.

You are casting aspersions on plumbers in general.

Johstone said some astounding things in his time.
Is that forgotten?

Chris Mason, the BBC's Political Editor, interviewed him during the week. They were in a pub and Kenyon was sinking pints and coming across like one of the lads. Chris Mason asked him about comments he has made, and mentioned the one the OP highlights. He admitted he had said those things but no longer believed them but it was how lads talked, especially Northern lads, according to him. The Carol Vorderman comment was made by someone else but Kenyon said he had replied to it in like vein so that's as bad as saying it himself in the first place. Personally, I wouldn't vote for anyone from Reform in a month of Sundays. I don't want Andy Burnham to win either because it's a means to an end with him. Sir Keir Starmer was given the whopping majority, not Burnham or anyone else, so let him continue. I am not a Labour voter but I feel for Starmer with all this going on behind his back instead of his Party doing their jobs.

MissAdventure

Johstone said some astounding things in his time.
Is that forgotten?

It's not what the OP is asking though is it? Boris Johnson, I assume you mean him, is water under the bridge.

I think the word ‘sexist’ is not strong enough. He’s a misogynist - only a man who hates women could hold views like that or post what he did to CV. I’m not saying being sexist is OK but it doesn’t mean you hate women as he does.