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Reform UK group leader and councillor for Yiewsley, Hillingdon
“import the 3rd world you get the 3rd world”
Context
Local Democracy Reporting Service coverage published in early October 2026 reported that the comment appeared beneath a Facebook-group post about a machete attack at Cowley Recreation Ground on 25 September. It was posted by an account called “Reform Yiewsley Councillors” in reply to another user referring to the “usual suspects”. The Metropolitan Police said it had released no information about the ethnicity or nationality of the two teenagers arrested and described claims about their backgrounds as speculation.
Attribution and response
Sophie Dror accepted authorship, saying: “I can confirm that the comment was made by myself.” She said it concerned a wider debate about immigration policy and mass migration, and was not intended to make any assertion about the ethnicity or nationality of the suspects. She rejected the accusation that the comment was intended to inflame community tensions. The Facebook comment was later removed; Dror said she did not remove it and did not know why it had been taken down.
Evidence
Original reporting: MyLondon, Philip James Lynch / Local Democracy Reporting Service, 2 October 2026 (quotation, context and Dror’s response).
Corroborating report: The Standard, Philip James Lynch / Local Democracy Reporting Service (quotation, screenshot, police correction and Dror’s response; page reviewed 14 October 2026).
Official role: Hillingdon Council election result, Yiewsley, 7 May 2026, listing Dror as elected for Reform UK. Hillingdon Council’s July/August 2026 residents’ magazine identifies her as Reform group leader.
Date of original statement: After the Cowley attack on 25 September 2026 and before the first identified report on 2 October 2026; exact posting date not independently established.
Evidence status: Social-media comment quoted and pictured by established local-government reporting, with authorship expressly accepted by Dror. The original comment had been removed and was not independently authenticated by CLA.
Legal and administrative status: CLA has identified no reported council standards finding, party disciplinary finding, criminal charge, conviction, court judgment or finding of unlawful conduct concerning this comment. The police statement related to speculation about the separate attack; it was not a finding about Dror. Last reviewed: 14 October 2026.
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