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stand for

verb

to represent or mean
to be or become a candidate for
to support or recommend
informal.
to tolerate or bear
he won't stand for any disobedience

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He set up the Reclaim Party and unsuccessfully stood for election for London mayor in 2021.

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“Any attempt to discredit this legal process is an attack on our democratic institutions and we must not stand for it,” he said.

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On the Reform UK website he says he is "standing for Reform UK because they stand for good old fashioned traditional values".

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The man who represented the party in Wales' general election campaign, Oliver Lewis, was recently revealed not to be standing for the Senedd election in 2026.

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She added: "It's time to take a stand for the quiet majority who just want to get from A to B in peace."

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