LONDON: Reform UK has suspended a councillor who was involved in a WhatsApp group where a member advocated a “mass Islam genocide.”
The councillor, Tom Pickup, is now the subject of an internal inquiry by the right-wing party, The Independent reported.
Reform UK told the newspaper that Pickup was suspended on Wednesday pending investigation.
He claimed to be unaware of the group’s more extreme contents, including posts in which members were encouraged to gather weapons to attack “migrants” and carry out a “mass Islam genocide.”
Pickup said he had left the WhatsApp group chat and did not support calls for genocide against Muslims.
