Major law firm sacks Reform candidate after ‘I hate Islam' tweet
Dan Cooper, a former 'senior HR business partner' at law firm CMS, was axed after he was revealed to have made a series of tweets on controversial topics including Islam, transgender rights and the war in Ukraine.
Mr Cooper, who had worked at CMS for more than 12 years, was poised to stand as a candidate for Reform UK for a seat on Boston borough council in Lincolnshire in elections this May.
CMS took 'swift action' after learning about 'offensive remarks' Mr Cooper made on social media, according to an email sent to staff by Charles Currier, CMS's chair.
On the social media site X, Mr Cooper described himself as 'anti Islam', said transgenderism was a mental illness and claimed Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, was a 'coke addict'.
The tweets were brought to CMS's attention by the X account 'Reform Party UK exposed', which has more than 40,000 followers.
In one post on Twitter, Mr Cooper said: 'I hate Islam. It's a 7th century barbaric cult. I don't fear it, I loath [sic] it.' In another, he said the Muslim Council of Britain should be 'shut down'.
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