Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said of the decision: "It is astonishing that this Labour councillor, who was caught on video calling for throats to be slit, is let off scot-free, whereas Lucy Connolly got 31 months prison for posting something no worse."

>Lucy Connolly, a childminder from Nottingham, was jailed for inciting race hate after she posted online last year calling for "mass deportation now", adding "set fire to all the...hotels [housing asylum seekers]...for all I care", before continuing to say: "if that makes me racist, so be it".

Connolly previously admitted intending to stir up racial hatred.

>Mr Philp said: "The development of two-tier justice is becoming increasingly alarming.

"It cannot have been a question of uncertain evidence as the man was on video clearly calling for violence.

>"The government must come forward with plans to ensure justice is handed out equally, regardless of the background or views of the perpetrator - but as far as I can see this Labour government seems to be quite happy with two-tier justice."

The leader of Reform UK and MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage, said the decision was "another outrageous example of two-tier justice".

>The BBC has contacted the government for its response.

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