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

Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan

Ian Cooper sitting in front of Reform hoarding
Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council. He is also said to have attacked David Lammy in a social media post. Photograph: GaryRobertsphotography/Alamy

A Reform UK council leader has been accused of racism after allegedly describing Sadiq Khan as a “narcissistic Pakistani” and saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”.

Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, is also said to have attacked the justice secretary, David Lammy, in a social media post that said: “No foreign national or first generation migrant should be allowed to sit in parliament.”

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