Nigel Farage urged to sack Reform council leader accused of racism

Party is investigating Ian Cooper as Labour MPs call for him to resign as leader of Staffordshire county councilUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has been urged to sack...

By Josh Halliday North of England editor · The Guardian World

Party is investigating Ian Cooper as Labour MPs call for him to resign as leader of Staffordshire county council UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has been urged to sack a Reform UK council leader accused of racism over social media posts including one saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”. Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, allegedly called Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, a “narcissistic Pakistani” and said migrants were “intent on colonising the UK, destroying all that has gone before”. Continue reading...