Adam Mitula #

Introduction #

Adam Mitula is a Reform UK activist who was serving as the party’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, Greater Manchester, when the Jewish Chronicle reported in February 2026 that he had made racist and antisemitic remarks on X — including, per the anti-racism group Hope Not Hate, a July 2024 post stating “I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman” and a reply downplaying the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. The party suspended him, but the suspension did not remove him from its campaign apparatus: in April 2026, the Guardian reported that Mitula remained in place as the named election agent for three Reform candidates in the Tameside area ahead of the local elections on 7 May. That gap — suspended as a party member while still running candidacies — turned a local social-media scandal into a running question about how Reform UK polices its own.

Background Information #

Mitula is originally from Szczecin in Poland. At the time of the reports he was Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside and was canvassing alongside Matt Goodwin, the GB News host and former academic who studied far-right extremism, in Goodwin’s bid to become the party’s ninth MP at the Gorton and Denton by-election — a seat vacated by the resignation of Labour MP Andrew Gwynne. The Guardian later described Goodwin’s run as a failed attempt to become an MP. Mitula’s role put him at the centre of a high-profile campaign, which is part of why the posts attributed to him drew national rather than merely local attention.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation #

The allegations against Mitula were based on information gathered by Hope Not Hate and reported by the Jewish Chronicle on 17 February 2026. Per the group, Mitula posted on X on 30 July 2024: “I wouldn’t touch a Jewish woman.” A day later, he replied to a post by former UFC fighter Jake Shields — described by the JC as having repeatedly expressed antisemitic views — that claimed the Holocaust’s death toll is “made up”; Mitula commented: “Six million Polish people, including some Jews. They always use Poles to make up the number. And on top of it they claim Poles were killing. Just sick.”

Further posts attributed to him included one, first reported by the Manchester Mill, featuring a racial slur against black people, and another suggesting that 60 to 70 per cent of transgender people are paedophiles. The Guardian’s own reporting found tweets in which Mitula claimed there were “Muslim no-go ghettoes in the UK” and, in response to a post about black fathers: “They are the best in leaving muims [sic] with no support. But those who care about families are very good people.” The X account associated with Mitula has since been deleted. The Guardian framed the evidence cautiously, writing that it “appeared to show” the posts and that Mitula “appeared to have agreed with a Holocaust denier” that the number of Jewish people murdered by the Nazis had been exaggerated.

Public Reaction and Consequences #

The Campaign Against Antisemitism responded within days of the JC’s report: “These are the sorts of putrid comments one might expect to see in the dark corners of the internet. Instead, they are reportedly attributed to Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside,” a spokesperson said, adding that “antisemitism must be rooted out in every political party.” The timing was awkward for Reform: the revelations came less than a week after the party launched its Reform Jewish Alliance at London’s Central Synagogue at an event attended by around 300 people. Mitula, Goodwin and Reform UK did not respond to the JC’s requests for comment.

Mitula confirmed in February that he had been suspended as a party member “pending investigation”, and he later said his remarks had been taken out of context. The suspension came amid a spate of axings, suspensions and resignations of senior Reform figures, including candidates in Scotland and Wales, Hampshire mayoral candidate Chris Parry and housing spokesperson Simon Dudley. Jackie Olden, the Green candidate in Denton South — one of the wards where Mitula remained involved — said: “Time and again, we have seen a pattern of commentary and behaviour from the Reform leadership that aims to normalise division in our communities.”

Current Status #

As of the Guardian’s April 2026 report, Mitula remained suspended as a Reform UK member but was still working for the party in practice: a notice of election document showed him as the election agent for Reform candidates Aron Webb, Audra Murray and Daniel Bennett in three wards in the Tameside area for the polls on 7 May, when the party was tipped for major breakthroughs. The Guardian noted the apparent contradiction between his suspension and his continued role, and said Reform UK and Mitula had been approached for comment about his apparent involvement in the local election campaign. No criminal allegation or finding has been reported against Mitula; the dispute is over posts and party discipline, and his account remains that the remarks were taken out of context.

Impact on Their Career/Life #

Mitula’s case became notable less for the suspension than for what the suspension failed to do. He lost his party membership, at least pending investigation, and with it the formal title of campaign manager — yet the Guardian found him weeks later doing one of the most consequential jobs in British electoral politics, serving as the named election agent for candidates in three wards. For Reform UK, the episode fed a broader scrutiny of the social-media histories of its activists; for Mitula personally, the reported posts remain attached to his name in national coverage, alongside his own defence that they were taken out of context. Which of those two facts defines his political future was still unresolved as of the April 2026 reporting.