Overview
- At Prime Minister’s Questions, Keir Starmer called the post a death threat and urged Nigel Farage to apologise and remove the councillor.
- Farage declined to apologise and used his question to press the government on the Chagos Islands deal.
- Simon Evans, deputy leader of Lancashire County Council and Reform cabinet member for children and families, had shared a Facebook post misquoting Natalie Fleet alongside the line, “You dozy cow, you should be shot.”
- Evans deleted the post and apologised, saying he did not notice the violent text; Reform UK said its investigation found an honest mistake and it will take no further action.
- Natalie Fleet said she was devastated and that her daughter phoned her in tears, while Labour figures, including Alex Davies-Jones and Oliver Ryan, condemned the post and demanded Reform discipline Evans.