Greater Manchester candidate says non-Reform voters should house ‘migrant rapists’

Sian Astley doubles down on stance that ‘people who vote for open borders should house criminals and rapists who enter UK’ The Reform UK candidate in the Greater Manchester mayoral race has been criticised by her rivals after doubling down on comments that voters for other parties should have to house criminals and rapists. Sian Astley, a property businesswoman, initially made the comments in a Facebook post in which she shared her party’s pledge that a Reform government would prioritise placing migrant detention centres in areas where the Green party had an MP or controlled the local council. Under the policy, announced in May by the party’s home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, no such facilities would be placed in areas with a Reform-controlled council or MP. As well as sharing the policy, she posted: “How very democratic a policy. You get what you vote for. “Personally I’d just ensure the Green voters, uniparty MPs (present or past) and Cllrs house the illegal criminals, rapists and economic chancers, so it’s nice of Reform UK to offer to build accommodation instead.” The Labour party chair, Anna Turley, criticised Astley, saying Reform’s “grotesque policy