Reform councillors call Muslims ‘parasites’ and black children ‘animals’

Three Reform UK councillors have resigned from the party after they were caught on camera calling black children “animals”, threatening to sexually assault a female candidate and saying the King should be beheaded because he is “secretly a Muslim”. The footage, broadcast by ITV News on Wednesday, puts more pressure on the leader, Nigel Farage , who has previously said he would rid the party of “bad apples”. Most commented 1 Pope Leo walking and eating after lung cancer operation Europe 306 comments While canvassing homes in April and May, Alan Feeney, a councillor in Solihull, was secretly recorded calling Asian families in the area “absolute parasites”. He said he would not bother knocking on the door of a house if it was an Asian name, an approach he called “Alan’s racist canvassing ”. Top stories 1 Shopkeeper in Kelly Clarkson row ‘fears for safety’ as CCTV released US news 2 US inflation hotter than expected as Iran war stokes fuel costs Economics “When a house comes up for sale, white people need to be in there,” he said. “You almost need to out-Muslim the Muslims.” Jamie Campbell and Chris Whelan were also recorded using sexist and Islamophic language in conversation with Feeney. Advertisement Speaking about a female Reform candidate, Whelan said: “If she was my daughter, it would still be bath night on a Thursday.” He said that he would have sexually assaulted another female candidate in Birmingham “if she’d have given me a hug”. Top stories 1 Budget 2026 predictions: when is it and what could be announced? Economics 2 Forget the property ladder, there’s a new route to wealth Saving & Investing Whelan has resigned from Reform, citing personal and health reasons. Feeney said on Monday that he had “mutually agreed” to step down from Reform but would continue as an independent councillor. Dean Miller, another Reform councillor, representing Bromley in south London, was recorded calling black children “animals” while campaigning for the party in the Makerfield by-election. He also claimed that the King was secretly a Muslim and called for him to be decapitated. Miller told ITV he had been heavily medicated at the time and that he no longer represented Reform. At his party’s conference in September, Farage said: “We don’t want extremists, we don’t want bigots, we don’t want people who think that way, because we represent the silent, decent majority of this great country that we live in.” Advertisement Reform said in a statement on Wednesday that it had improved its vetting procedures “but from time to time, a handful of individuals who do not share our values will initially make it through”. Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, accused one of the people who was filmed of being a “Tory plant”. ITV have likely broken the law to put the safety of Reform UK MPs at risk. This is totally unacceptable. There is no depth that the establishment won't sink to in order to tear Reform UK down. pic.twitter.com/2dYdTyaa6k — Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) October 12, 2026 He wrote on X: “ITV have likely broken the law to put the safety of Reform UK MPs at risk. This is totally unacceptable. There is no depth that the establishment won’t sink to in order to tear Reform UK down.”