election activist suspended over posts
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Key Points:
- Adam Mitula, a Reform UK activist and interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been suspended over racist and antisemitic comments made on social media ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election.
- Evidence published by the anti-racism group Hope Not Hate showed Mitula used a racial slur against black people and made derogatory remarks about Jewish women, as well as agreeing with a Holocaust denier.
- Mitula claims his comments were taken out of context and said he defended the Jewish community, but declined to comment on the racial slur.
- Reform UK has not publicly detailed the disciplinary process but confirmed it is confidential and ongoing.
- The by-election involves over 76,000 potential voters across
