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Daily Mirror
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Nick Statham & Kieren Williams

Tory councillor suspended after retweeting claim 'mosques are hiding secret arsenals'

A Conservative councillor has been suspended by her party after retweeting claims including one saying " mosques are hiding secret arsenals".

Councillor Alanna Vine, who represents Bramhall North, in Stockport, is under investigation and could face expulsion after claiming mosques hid “secret arsenals” of weapons and UK immigration rates were “cultural suicide”.

The “ardent Brexiteer ” had a string of highly controversial retweets which included calls for the UK to refuse all refugees, Manchester Evening News reported.

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