From the BBC:
The leader of Reform UK on Doncaster Council has stepped down, claiming he had received “vitriolic texts that border on abuse” from members of his own party.
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Aston said: “While I would expect such behaviour from the extreme wing of our opponents, it is disappointing to see it coming from my own side.”
He went on to state: “I believed Reform was better than this. Clearly, I was mistaken.”
The Doncaster Free Press also reports on the situation, and then presents it in the context of the rest of the resignation-happy chaos that Reform has subjected Doncaster council to in recent months.
37 Reform UK councillors were elected at the local elections in May, within a month this was reduced to 36 after Cllr Mark Broadhurst was stripped of the party whip over social media posts he had previously made on his Facebook page.
A few months later, Cllr Samuel Booth resigned entirely as a councillor, prompting a by-election in Bentley ward.
In September, Cllr Dave Knight lost the party whip over the establishment of Fly Doncaster (Auxiliary Services) Ltd, prompting conflict of interest concerns due to his position on the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (OSMC) which was about to scrutinise the council’s plans to re-open DSA with public funds.
Cllr Rachel Reed had to step down as OSMC chair and as Cllr Aston’s deputy due to her links with the establishment of the company, though she retained the party whip.
Weeks after that, Cllr Christopher Marriott voluntarily resigned the party whip, prefering to sit as an independent councillor.