Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice is facing a mounting backlash after he failed to condemn one of the party’s new councillors who said Nigerans should be melted down to fill potholes”.Tice was asked repeatedly in a series of interviews to disown the remarks by Glenn Gibbins, who was elected in the Hylton Castle ward in Sunderland in Thursday council elections.AdvertisementIn a post on social media in 2024, he said: “Can’t believe amount of Nigerians in town ... should melt them all down and fill in the potholes.”Reform has launched an investigation into Gibbins, but Tice dismissed the criticism of...