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Labour suspend ‘cut their throats’ councillor over speech at demo
Now arrested Dartford councillor Ricky Jones also joined a 'Free, Free Palestine' chant at a protest against the far-right in Walthamstow, east London
A Labour councillor has been suspended over a speech he gave at a counter demonstration calling for the throats of anti-immigration protesters to be cut.
Dartford councillor Ricky Jones was suspended by the party after footage of him giving the speech at an anti far-right protest in Walthamstow, east London, was shared online.
In the speech on Wednesday evening, he said: “We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all” before joining in with a chant of “free, free Palestine.”
Jones had earlier spoken of the stickers containing images of razor blades that had been seen on trains in Kent.
A Labour spokesperson said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable and it will not be tolerated. The councillor has been suspended from the party.”
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