A Reform UK councillor has been suspended from the party after non-recent social media posts appeared to show him calling for a former Commons Speaker to be hanged.
In a post on X from 2019, Kirklees councillor Dave Rowan appeared to write “Hang the Dwarf” in relation to a post about John Bercow.
Also in 2019, before he was a councillor, Rowan appeared to post homophobic and Islamophobic statements.
A Reform spokesperson confirmed Rowan had been suspended pending investigation.
On X, Rowan appeared to write: “As a parent not at school.. I don’t beleive gays should have kids full stop..”
A separate message said: “Too many muslims mi thinks.. Make sure you take a marker pen Good luck.”
A Reform UK spokesman said in a statement: “Cllr Rowan has been suspended from Reform UK pending investigation.”
