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Lib Dem councillor suspended after posting anti-semitic TikTok video
Little Brighouse posed in a video next a burning Israeli flag and the phrase 'from the River to the Sea'
May 11, 2022 09:17
Little Brighouse posed in a video next a burning Israeli flag and the phrase 'from the River to the Sea'
May 11, 2022 09:17A councillor in Wales has been suspended by the Liberal Democrats after an inflammatory antisemitic video they'd posted was surfaced.
Little Brighouse, who identifies as non-binary, posted a video on TikTok with a burning Israeli flag and the phrase 'from the River to the Sea'.
According to political blog Guido Fawkes who first reported the video, Brighouse was reported to the Welsh Liberal Democrats for their TikTok post which was captioned '#endapartheid"
Brighouse won election in the Disserth and Trecoed with Newbridge Electoral Division with 293 votes out of a total 663 cast equating to just under 50% of the vote in the ward.
They will now sit as non-aligned councillor pending the results of the party investigation.
After the local council elections last week, the local Liberal Democrat party tweeted then deleted a message of congratulations for Brighouse praising "the first enby County Councillor in Wales."
At the time of writing Brighouse's social media still described them as a Liberal Democrat councillor.
A spokesman for the Liberal Democrats said: "We received a complaint regarding this candidate which has been reviewed under our independent complaints process.
"As a result, they have been suspended from the party while the complaint is fully investigated.
"The Liberal Democrats have a long and proud record of standing up against anti-Semitism and continue to champion a liberal, tolerant and inclusive society for all."
Little Brighouse was approached for comment.