Bromley Reform councillor resigns after racist and seditious comments filmed

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 08:02 · Archive

A Reform UK councillor from Bromley has resigned after being secretly filmed by ITV making racist comments and calling for King Charles to be beheaded.

Dean Miller, a Reform UK councillor elected in May for St Paul's Cray ward in Bromley, resigned from the party after ITV News released secretly filmed footage of him making offensive comments. The recordings were made while he was campaigning for Reform during the Makerfield by-election.

In the footage, Miller describes black children using racist language while discussing vandalism in Bromley. He claims London has been 'ethnically cleansed', adding that 'you never used to get any blacks over in Bromley, and now Bromley has massive Nigerian communities there'. He also expresses concern that Islam is 'going to be that thing that takes over everything'.

Miller further alleges that King Charles is secretly a Muslim, claiming someone 'from the inside saw a prayer mat' in one of the monarch's rooms. He describes this as 'traitorous' and appears to call for the monarch's beheading. When responding to ITV, Miller said he had been heavily medicated due to a chronic pain condition at the time of the recordings.

Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors in Bromley have called for Miller to resign from Bromley Council altogether and for a by-election to be held in his ward. Miller now sits as an independent councillor on Bromley Council.

How it is being reported

• Bromley Reform Councillor who 'called for King Charles to be beheaded' should resign say local partiesCllr Dean Miller, who since has resigned from Reform UK to sit as an Independent, was covertly filmed as part of an ITV News investigationMyLondon · 17 Oct, 07:45
• Bromley Reform councillor called black children 'animals' and King a 'Muslim'Dean Miller from Bromley has resigned from the party after being secretly filmed calling black children "animals" and claiming King Charles is a Muslim.News Shopper · 15 Oct, 11:07

In this story: Dean Miller · King Charles · Reform UK · Bromley · ITV · St Paul's Cray

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