Reform activist visited by Farage wrote vile Hitler posts - so we confronted him

A Reform local elections campaigner whose tanning salon was visited by Nigel Farage praised Adolf Hitler, we can reveal.Aaron Taylor, who was planning to be a candidate and served as a branch treasurer, shared a tribute to the Nazi dictator. The 33-year-old, also pictured with Reform’s Robert Jenrick, even wrote “heil Hitler” online and denied the Holocaust. Taylor, who has been enthusiastically campaigning in recent weeks, posted images in January showing the party’s leader visiting his Sun Spa salon in Essex. Only months earlier he shared a picture of Hitler online emblazoned with the message: “I gave it my all. Now its [sic] time, for you to give it your all”.View 5 ImagesMirror reporter Simon Murphy presents evidence to Taylor at his tanning salon(Image: Humphrey Nemar)READ MORE: Reform's Robert Jenrick vowed to cut flight tax after getting £40k from airline ownerREAD MORE: Reform anti-crime London mayor wannabe campaigned with disgraced ‘cocaine’ ToryThe now deleted tweet in late October was posted in response to an X user who complained about their feed being “anti Jews and anti Israel ”. And, in another tweet the same month, Taylor wrote: “The greatest deception of all time is that the nazis we’re [sic] evil and the holocaust was real… it would seem.” The posts were uncovered by anti-racism campaign group HOPE Not Hate (HNH).‌Today we confronted Taylor at his salon in Jaywick, in Farage’s Clacton constituency, where he said sorry. Taylor, who explained he had been “removed” from the party, said : “I genuinely apologise.” He added: “I got pulled up on it. I don’t remember posting these things… it’s likely I’ve had a beer, said stupid things.”It comes as Reform has been riding high in the polls, with Farage seeking to use May 7th’s ballot as a referendum on PM Keir Starmer ’s popularity. HNH’s director of research Joe Mulhall said: “We have become used to finding extreme and unacceptable Reform activists. But to see such open support for Hitler and brazen...