Reform UK Councillor Suspended Over Social Media Posts
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Reform UK councillor Menday suspended for undeclared social media posts promoting far-right ideology, antisemitism, and derogatory comments about the UK's 'subhuman underclass'
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Reform UK councillor Menday has been suspended after sharing social media posts promoting far-right ideology, antisemitism, and derogatory comments about the UK's 'subhuman underclass'. The posts, shared on X, included images of a Nazi flag and Hitler's Mein Kampf. Menday claimed he enjoyed 'risky humour' and had 'flirted with far-right ideology' but rejected its core tenets, denying antisemitism or Nazi sympathies. This follows The Times' report on Menday's posts suggesting Jewish people in the West were responsible for antisemitism due to support for open borders. Further posts from a deleted X account, reported by the Sheffield Star, described UK people as 'fatter, uglier, and poorly dressed' compared to those in continental Europe, lamenting a 'disgusting, almost subhuman underclass'. A Reform UK spokesman stated Menday's suspension pending investigation, with no set timeline. The suspension coincided with another Reform UK councillor, Ken Tranter, apologizing for posts calling for police action against 'non-white persons' in a town park.
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Further investigation into Reform UK members' social media activity
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- Outcome of Reform UK's investigation
