Reform UK suspends councillor over 2019 posts calling for Bercow to be hanged

Reform UK suspended Kirklees councillor Dave Rowan pending investigation after 2019 posts on X surfaced in which he appeared to write "Hang the Dwarf" about then-Commons Speaker John Bercow, plus homophobic and Islamophobic remarks. A Reform spokesperson confirmed the suspension. The posts predate Rowan's election to the West Yorkshire council.