Left to Right: Brian Silvester, Andrew Emmerson, David Durrant, Ray Brady

Throughout this campaign we will be on the lookout for ‘independent’ candidates with a background in far right politics. Just so that voters are aware that they if they vote for them, they may not necessarily be voting for some non-party servant of the community.

We begin today with Brian Silvester, a perennial candidate for Islamophobic and far right parties including For Britain, standing in Crewe & Nantwich, as candidate for the ‘Putting Crewe First, Independent Residents Group’.

Then there’s Andrew Emerson, a former BNP organiser and founder of the minuscule Patria party, who is an independent in Chichester.

David Durant , a former veteran of Patrick Harrington’s defunct NF faction, Third Way, and now an independent local councillor, is contesting Hornchurch & Upminster as an independent.

And lastly, for today, Ray Brady, who was dropped from Reform UK’s candidates’ list a few weeks ago after exposure of his racist social media posts, is independent candidate for Buckingham & Bletchley.