I've said it before, nobody expects perfection from Reform. They're a messy bunch, doubtless a massive recruitment campaign is going to result in a few wrong uns getting in.
But people would much prefer to hear someone making edgy comments that head towards politically incorrect rather than the awful woke nonsense spouted by the old guard, 90% of which is prejudice against the native British population - calling them names, rubbishing or ignoring their beliefs etc.
Burnham's biggest concern about immigration is that the free housing given to them at our expense isn't of a high enough standard. He's utterly detached from the concerns of the UK native population. I'm pretty sure the sensible people of Makerfield will send him packing, I'm going to predict he'll get 20% of the votes, basically those on benefits only.