Reform councillor reposts that Labour MP ‘should be shot’

[Reform councillor Simon Evans and a post he shared]

We cover Reform UK a lot here at the *Canary*, and [little would surprise us at this point][1]. Saying that, politicians openly calling for MPs to be shot is a step up from what we’ve seen before:

## Grim

Natalie Fleet responded to the post as follows:

> Posts like this are so common I don’t bat an eyelid.
> 
> But they remind me why my husband & kids *begged* me not to stand.
> 
> I felt huge responsibility; last lab gov helped me, I wanted to help others.
> 
> But…we should be able to fight for our areas w/o death threats as standard. [https://t.co/rygygMqikY][2]
> 
> — Natalie Fleet MP (@NatalieFleetMP) [February 24, 2026][3]

Regardless of political differences, Facebook dipshits shouldn’t be calling for MPs to be shot. We watched a man [gun down Jo Cox][4] on the street in 2016, and it would be grim to see a repeat of that. There is a real risk that could happen, though, with politicians themselves riling up voters like this.

One outlet phrased the incident like this:

> Reform UK deputy leader reshared social media post calling for Labour MP to be shot[https://t.co/kfsRAauS1E][5]
> 
> — Reform Party UK Exposed [🇬🇧] (@reformexposed) [February 24, 2026][6]

Let’s be real, though; if you share a post calling for someone to be shot, then you are calling for that person to be shot.

Councillor Simon Evans has now responded with the following:

If Evans is telling the truth, what he’s saying is: ‘*I’m a fucking idiot who will just share things without reading them or checking that they’re true*‘.

In other words, whether he’s telling the truth or not, he’s clearly incompetent.

The account Reform Party UK Exposed [said the following][7]:

> Reform UK’s Deputy Leader in Lancashire Simon Evans… has made a “sorry, not sorry if I caused offence” apology for reposting a post on Facebook calling for Natalie Fleet MP to be shot.
> 
> It’s not good enough. He let comments be posted, he had it there for a full day. She is a grooming and rape survivor.
> 
> A sincere apology would be resigning.

They added:

> This comment and this reply were still live this morning. He only took action when we posted.
> 
> His excuse is ‘I didn’t notice the text’.
> 
> Not good enough, this man is responsible for a £1.2bn Lancashire budget and he is claiming he didn’t notice what he was posting to Facebook.
> 
> Ridiculous.

## Violence

This is all happening at the same time that a Reform MP [talked up the possibility of a civil war,][8] and [Nigel Farage threatened to bring ICE-style policing to the UK][9].

> A new footage has been released, and it looks like the ICE agent Jonathan Ross was the agitator and called her a bitch after he shot her.
> 
> Renee Nicole Good engaged calmly and told him "I’m not mad to you, dude." [pic.twitter.com/Ozhjnn7MPx][10]
> 
> — Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) [January 9, 2026][11]

Reform really are a gruesome lot.

*Featured image via [X][12]*

By [Willem Moore][13]

[1]: https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/02/24/reforms-gorton-candidate-goodwin-linked-to-nazi-pseudoscience/
[2]: https://t.co/rygygMqikY
[3]: https://twitter.com/NatalieFleetMP/status/2026245541063971134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[4]: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2016/06/23/passionate-campaign-jo-cox-whitewashed-mainstream-media/
[5]: https://t.co/kfsRAauS1E
[6]: https://twitter.com/reformexposed/status/2026277973301620877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[7]: https://x.com/reformexposed/status/2026251150723297780?s=20
[8]: https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/02/24/reform-civil-war/
[9]: https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/02/23/reform-ice-goons/
[10]: https://t.co/Ozhjnn7MPx
[11]: https://twitter.com/I_amMukhtar/status/2009728657242100062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[12]: https://x.com/NatalieFleetMP/status/2026245541063971134?s=20
[13]: https://www.thecanary.co/author/willem-moore/


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