Former UKIP Member of the Senedd Gareth Bennett leaves Abolish the Welsh Assembly to stand as an Independent
He will now fight this year s Senedd Election as an Independent candidate in the Cynon Valley
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Updated: 1 Apr 2021, 12:57
A CANDIDATE in the upcoming Scottish election believes Covid is possibly related to gay marriage.
Independent candidate Peter Tait will stand in Shetland for the May vote, with a controversial stance on same-sex marriage.
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Peter Tait claims Covid is possibly related to gay marriageCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The retired mussel farmer claims his position relates to his religious beliefs, and added: “I’m representing as best I can things that God would want me to represent”.
He said that he would be standing against gay marriage for the Shetland MSP seat, and said in his view “Covid is possibly related to it”, reports the Shetland Times.
Last modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 23.37 EST
Nigel Farage has resigned as leader of Reform UK, the renamed Brexit party, and announced he is stepping back from frontline party politics permanently, saying he had achieved what he wanted to thanks to the Conservatives’ Brexit deal.
The former Ukip leader, who led that party to a high water mark when it secured more than 14% of the vote in the 2015 general election, said he still planned to participate in political debate, but not within a party.
Reform UK, which campaigns on issues including electoral reform and shrinking the state, as well as opposing coronavirus lockdowns, will be led by Richard Tice, the property developer who chaired the Brexit party. Farage will take the post of honorary president.
Nigel Farage today vowed he will not reverse his decision to quit politics for good, saying the UK vaccines drive is proof positive that Brexit has worked.
The 56-year-old insisted he wants his life back after nearly three decades of campaigning to cut ties with Brussels - insisting he is amazed he has stayed sane amid the onslaught from opponents.
In an article for MailOnline, Mr Farage said he has achieved more than anybody believed possible and I really have knocked on my last door - after previously reversing his decision to step back from the fray.
But the former MEP stressed that he is not leaving public life altogether, saying he was determined to stand up against the woke indoctrination of our children and the sinister rise of the Chinese Communist Party .