00:01A Newcastle councillor has been expelled by Reform UK after apologising for derogatory
00:06social media comments about Muslims. Daniel Astley made the remarks last year on a now
00:10deleted ex-account. The post included offensive claims about Muslims and calling for what he
00:16described as non-Europeans to leave the UK. He said he wanted to retract all previous social
00:22media comments. The party's local leader Stephen Rutherford said Astley was expelled after the
00:27party became aware of his prior links to the far-right homeland party. Astley's ex-account
00:33described him as a nominating officer for the group but he's now said he did not accept
00:38the party was extremist and has had no contact since last year.
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