Labour councillor Ricky Jones remanded in custody

Suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones is in custody after encouraging protestors to ‘cut the throats’ of far right rioters. Supporters cheered as Jones, 57, shouted into a microphone: ‘We need to cut their throats and get rid of them’ whilst making a throat slitting gesture. Then he led the crowd in a chant of ‘Free Palestine.’ Jones is accused of encouraging violent disorder at a counter-protest in Hoe Street, Walthamstow on August 7. He was a councillor in Dartford since…