Reform mayoral candidate likens Jewish community group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Chris Parry described Shomrim members as ‘cosplayers’ hours after arson attack in north London

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A Reform UK mayoral candidate has described members of a Jewish neighbourhood watch group as “cosplayers” and likened them to “Islamists on horseback” in comments made after an attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity.

Chris Parry, who remains Reform’s mayoral candidate for Hampshire despite a previous controversy in which he said that David Lammy should “go home” to the Caribbean, made the comments on Monday about Shomrim, volunteers who safeguard communities including Orthodox Jewish families.