"Keir Starmer needs a fucking bullet"
"He's a DICKtator."
"Everyone in Reform is a lot more hardline on immigration than is typically stated publicly, to get a majority government we have to be tactical."
"99% of what occurs in groups, I don't see. Based on my involvement in it and what I have seen, I've been my usual jokey self and it's been twisted out of context."
Tom Pickup, a Reform UK councillor elected to Lancashire county council in May, was suspended after being identified as a member of a WhatsApp group set up by a rightwing activist. The group contained extreme and abusive messages, including calls for violence, alleged calls for mass Islam genocide, and encouragements to stockpile weapons to attack left-wingers and migrants. Pickup admitted membership and defended some messages as jokey, said he was unaware of the most extreme posts, left the group when screenshots appeared, and claimed much content auto-deleted after 24 hours. Nigel Farage's party suspended Pickup pending an investigation. Pickup denied supporting genocide and cited community engagement with the Islamic community.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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