Belfast councillor ‘proscribed’ from Britain First after row

Anti-fascist demonstrators protest against far-right group in Co Down

Police oversee anti-fascist protest against Britain First in Newtownards, Co Down. Photograph: Amanda Ferguson

Police oversee anti-fascist protest against Britain First in Newtownards, Co Down. Photograph: Amanda Ferguson

Controversial independent unionist councillor Jolene Bunting has been “proscribed” from the far-right Britain First group following a public row.

Britain First spokesman Paul Golding, from London, issued a statement on Friday evening saying the group had “severed all contact” with Cllr Bunting, who was elected as a TUV councillor to represent the Court district of Belfast but is now independent.

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