The social media posts have been described as racist, Islamophobic, and misogynistic – including a post by one elected councillor who “joked” about beating his wife.

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The posts seen by LBC include:

• A Reform UK councillor “joking” about domestic abuse and racially stereotyping former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
• Another saying we should build fewer mosques because they “divide communities”.
• Others appearing to promote conspiracy theories that climate change is ‘geo-engineered’ and supporting far right figures including Tommy Robinson.

Reform UK accused of vetting failures after ‘extreme’ posts by new councillors uncovered, LBC