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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Nigel Farage urged to sack Reform council leader accused of racism

Ian Cooper
Ian Cooper was elected as leader of Staffordshire county council in May, having twice been Reform’s parliamentary candidate for Tamworth. Photograph: Milo Chandler/Alamy

Nigel Farage has been urged to sack a Reform UK council leader accused of racism over social media posts including one saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”.

Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, allegedly called Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, a “narcissistic Pakistani” and said migrants were “intent on colonising the UK, destroying all that has gone before”.

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