Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”. Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward. Prior was one of 53 Reform UK councillors elected to the authority, giving the insurgent party overall control of the council. …