Councillor says sorry after social media post storm

A Blackpool councillor has apologised for a social media post in which he likened the Reform UK party to Adolf Hitler.

- by Richard Hunt

In the post, Labour member Coun Adrian Hoyle showed a mocked-up photo of the wartime Nazi leader wearing a Reform top.

But the post was seen by Blackpool Council's two Reform members, Jim O'Neill and Emma Ellison.

Coun O'Neill called for Coun Hoyle to be sacked unless he issued an apology and said the fact he was Armed Forces Champion for Blackpool made his post even more inappropriate.