Candidate accused of Islamophobia in 2019 stands for Reform UK under different name
By Sam Doak, OSINT producer
A former Brexit Party candidate is running for Reform UK under a different name, following accusations of Islamophobia in 2019.
Dionne Moore Cocozza is now running in Glasgow West as Dionne Moore, using her middle name as a surname. No details on Reform UK’s website link the candidate to the 2019 race.
The Reform UK candidate previously stood for the Brexit Party, later rebranded as Reform UK, in Glasgow North under the name Dionne Cocozza, receiving 320 votes.
Ms Cocozza’s candidacy in the 2019 election drew attention after the University of Glasgow’s student newspaper and Hope Not Hate reported on her social media use.
At the time, she wrote on social media that Muslims wanted to institute Sharia law in a post viewed by Sky News.
According to the anti-racism advocacy group Hope Not Hate, Ms Cocozza has also said on social media “you can’t say anything if you’re white”,…
