Senior Graham ally deletes ‘blackface’ Facebook post

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Scot Walker, a senior and close ally of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, has deleted an image of himself wearing a beard-and-dreads mask. Walker had posted the image to his Facebook feed, triggering a storm of outrage at the ‘blackface’ get-up: Walker runs Unite’s so-called ‘Workers’ Economy‘, which union insiders have said Graham created to circumvent Unite’s Community section for unwaged members. Unite Community was set up by her predecessor Len McCluskey, whom Graham has long attacked with what McCluskey called “pages of smears and innuendo”. Union members and staff said that Graham planned to shut down Community if she wins…

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Reform councillor pictured in Blackface and Rasta hat

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Geoff Shaw is one of the new crop of Reform UK councillors who were elected to office in May 2026. And like many of his new colleagues, Shaw is already attracting all the wrong sort of attention: Reform UK’s Councillor Geoff Shaw, black face with ‘rasta wig’. Theydon Bois, Epping Forest District Council. Any comment @EFReform or @McIvorJaymey? pic.twitter.com/WpepSiD7Ky — Reform Party UK Exposed (@reformexposed) June 2, 2026 Disgraceful Shaw is one of 11 Reform politicians who won a seat on the Epping Forest District Council. This gave Reform a majority of the 18 seats available. Given the rate at which…

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