A Reform UK councillor has been suspended by the party after social media posts from 2019 appeared to show him calling for a former Commons Speaker to be hanged.
In a post on X, Kirklees councillor Dave Rowan appeared to write "Hang the Dwarf" in relation to John Bercow. Other posts from 2019, made before he was a councillor, appeared to contain homophobic and Islamophobic statements.
A Reform spokesperson confirmed that Cllr Rowan has been suspended pending an investigation. A Kirklees Council spokesperson stated that Cllr Rowan remains a Kirklees councillor despite his suspension from the Reform UK group.