UK politician suspended after retweeting claim on mosques

A United Kingdom Conservative councillor has been suspended by her party after retweeting claims including one saying “ mosques are hiding secret arsenals”. Councillor Alanna Vine, who represents Bramhall North in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, is under investigation and could face expulsion after claiming mosques hid “secret arsenals” of weapons and UK immigration rates were […]

A United Kingdom Conservative councillor has been suspended by her party after retweeting claims including one saying “ mosques are hiding secret arsenals”.

Councillor Alanna Vine, who represents Bramhall North in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, is under investigation and could face expulsion after claiming mosques hid “secret arsenals” of weapons and UK immigration rates were “cultural suicide”.

The “ardent Brexiteer” had a string of highly controversial retweets which included calls for the UK to refuse all refugees, Manchester Evening News reported.

The council’s Conservative group confirmed the party had begun disciplinary procedures against her following a recent complaint.

A statement by the group reads: “The Conservative Party takes complaints of this nature extremely seriously.

“Councillor Alanna Vine has been suspended from the Conservative Party pending an internal investigation.

“Until that investigation has concluded, we are unable to comment further.”

Among the retweets one post reads “how many mosques have secret arsenals? Just waiting for when our troops are elsewhere in the world”.

Vine appears to have since “undone” this retweet and it no longer appears on her timeline.

Another post she retweeted encouraged Calvin Robinson, a right-wing commentator, to go onto GB News and say the UK must stop accepting refugees.

Vine refused to comment due to the ongoing investigation. (UK Mirror)