Reform UK Suspends Sheffield Councillor Nathaniel Menday Over Social Media Posts
Reform UK has suspended Nathaniel Menday, a councillor recently elected to Sheffield City Council, pending an investigation into social media posts that allegedly included images of a Nazi flag and Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf', alongside commentary on a 'subhuman underclass' in the UK.
Mr Menday, who secured the Woodhouse ward seat in last week's local elections, reportedly failed to declare these posts to the party. A Reform UK spokesperson affirmed, 'Reform UK does not support such comments.'
Prior to his election, 'The Times' reported on Mr Menday's social media history, which allegedly contained encouragement of white supremacist symbols and assertions that 'Jewish people in the West' were responsible for antisemitism due to their supposed favouring of 'open borders'. Mr Menday told the newspaper he engaged in 'risky humour and pushing boundaries' and denied antisemitic or Nazi sympathies, stating he had 'flirted with what could reasonably be referred to as 'far-right ideology'' but had since rejected its tenets.
Further posts, since deleted, were highlighted by the 'Sheffield Star', where Mr Menday described people in the UK as 'fatter, uglier and poorly dressed' compared to continental Europeans, adding: 'On top of this we have a disgusting, almost subhuman underclass of people bringing the place down.'
Mr Menday's suspension coincides with similar actions taken by Reform UK against other newly elected councillors. Ken Tranter, elected to Hampshire County Council, apologised for posts concerning 'non white persons taking over' a town park, while Glenn Gibbins, a Sunderland City Council member, faces suspension over racism allegations.
