A man standing for Reform UK in next month's local elections called the Holocaust a "hoax" and "propaganda". Jay Leslie Cooper, 29, is standing for the right-wing party as a candidate for Bootle West in Sefton Council's "all-out" elections, which are taking place on May 7.However, the ECHO found social media activity from Cooper that includes evidence of Holocaust denial. In September last year Cooper reposted an article on Facebook about the fatal shooting of American political commentator Charlie Kirk with the accompanying headline: "Heartbreaking. Murdered for having an opinion."In response to a comment which asked: "[Adolf] Hitler had an...