Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Ian Cooper, who was the leader of Staffordshire county council, has not responded to the allegations. Photograph: Gary Roberts Photography/Alamy View image in fullscreen Ian Cooper, who was the leader of Staffordshire county council, has not responded to the allegations. Photograph: Gary Roberts Photography/Alamy Reform UK revokes membership of council leader accused of racismParty removes Ian Cooper after he was alleged to have abused Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and other figures online Nigel Farage has revoked the party membership of a Reform UK council leader accused of racially abusing Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and other public figures online.Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, allegedly called the London mayor a “narcissistic Pakistani” and said migrants were “intent on colonising the UK, destroying all that has gone before”.In a post this year attacking Lammy, the justice secretary, Cooper allegedly wrote: “No foreign national or first generation migrant should be allowed to sit in parliament.”He also allegedly abused the British-born lawyer and women’s rights activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, calling her “Dr Shaga Bing-Bong” and saying it was “time she F’d off back to Nigeria. She’d feel more at home there.”After days of pressure, Reform UK said on Friday it had revoked Cooper’s party membership. He…
Published: December 5, 2025 5:58 pm
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