In the posts, Mr Cooper described himself as "anti Islam", claimed transgender people were mentally ill, and called Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, a "coke addict". In response to a post from Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, Mr Cooper said: "You are a race baiting, uneducated stain on this country." Mr Cooper also shared posts suggesting Britain should stop funding Ukraine in its battle against Russia. He had previously been poised to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Boston borough council in the local elections in May. A party spokesman said last year that Mr Cooper would "never be a candidate for Reform UK and his membership has been suspended".