Nathaniel Menday has been elected in Woodhouse with almost 2000 votes despite Hope Not Hate, an organisation combatting far right extremism, reporting that he described himself as an ‘ethno-nationalist’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Revealed by the Times, Mr Menday is also alleged to have said Berlin’s Olympiastadion was built by ‘real visionaries’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stadium was designed by Albert Speer who was convicted of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the article Coun Menday also criticised the Jewish community over policies on open borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The local elections took place on 7 May with Reform making great gains, winning over 1200 seats and taking control of ten councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sheffield Liberal Democrats condemned Mr Menday over his hateful words and called for the Reform party to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have called for Reform UK to withdraw all support for Menday, and commit he will not be granted the whip if elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They also have said Menday must acknowledge he cannot represent the people Woodhouse and commit to standing down if he is elected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they approached him for comment he apologised for bringing Reform ‘into disrepute’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yorkshire Post also report that Mr Menday asked a fellow Sheffield United fan to add a sun wheel emblem to a flag. The sun wheel has been associated with the far right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said he enjoyed, ‘risky humour and pushing boundaries’, and, ‘I have flirted with what could reasonably be referred to as a Far Right ideology but have come to reject its core tenets’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Menday backtracked on the comments he made, said during The Times interview: ‘I am not anti-Semitic nor do I have Nazi sympathies.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: ‘I have always been motivated by love, not hate.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yorkshire Post spoke to Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice who defended Mr Menday. He claimed the media were ‘playing gotcha politics’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Tice went on to say, ‘we’re all human’, in defence of the Woodhouse candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reform UK, as well as previous members of the party were contacted for comment but did not respond. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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