Warwickshire Police report over Reform councillor's Pride email

A Reform UK councillor has been reported to police over comments labelled as "transphobic" by Warwickshire Pride. The complaint over Warwickshire county councillor Wayne Briggs followed comments in a leaked email containing his objections to flying the Pride Flag outside the council's Shire Hall headquarters. In his message, Briggs described Pride, which celebrates LGBT+ identity and equal rights, as "dangerous ideology". The councillor, who oversees the authority's portfolio for children, families, education and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), told the BBC the comments were meant to be private but he stood by them and would not apologise. A Warwickshire Police spokesperson confirmed the force had a record of the complaint and planned to gather more details. In the email, Briggs wrote: "This movement has been hijacked by groomers and mentally ill men in dresses gyrating in front of children and pushing a delusion that you can somehow change from male to female and vice versa if you're unhappy with your own body." Responding to the leak, he said: "I stand by the concerns I raised and will not be offering an apology. "I believe there are serious and legitimate ques