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11 Labour councillors and 2 MPs suspended implicit WhatsApp group

Eleven Labour councillors were suspended past nighttime arsenic portion of the party's probe into vile comments posted successful a WhatsApp group.

Two MPs - Oliver Ryan and Andrew Gwynne - person already been suspended from Labour for messages posted successful the "Trigger Me Timbers" group. Keir Starmer besides sacked Mr Gwynne from his relation arsenic a wellness minister.

Among the database of suspended councillors are 9 Tameside councillors and 2 from Stockport council. Mr Gwynne's woman Alison, a Tameside councillor, is among those suspended.

Three of the Tameside councillors besides dramatically discontinue from their roles connected Monday aft being caught up successful the scandal. Claire Reid, Jack Naylor and George Newton decided to "step distant from their enforcement duties", a connection from Tameside Labour said.

Mr Gwynne was sacked connected Saturday nighttime aft vile messages emerged from the WhatsApp chat. Among them, helium allegedly joked that helium hoped an aged pistillate would dice aft she asked astir her bins. In a mock reply to the 72-year-old pistillate helium said "F*** your bins".

Other messages included a racist remark astir seasoned MP Dianne Abbott and sharing a sexist station astir Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner performing a enactment act. He besides said idiosyncratic "sounds excessively Jewish" and "too militaristic". In different alleged messages that were aboriginal revealed, Mr described a constituent arsenic "an illiterate r*****" and a chap councillor arsenic a "fat mediate aged useless thicket".

Mr Ryan, the Burnley MP, admitted making "unacceptable" comments successful the WhatsApp chat connected Sunday night. He apologised for his violative remarks and said helium regrets making them aft it was reported helium was a starring subordinate of the group, having posted much than 2,000 messages.

Leaked messages showed Mr Ryan, who is openly gay, appearing to mock an MP and suggest helium was cheery and telephone a section labour person "Colin C*mface".