Children were barred from a British birthday party because of their mother’s political leanings, it has been claimed.

Ellie Close, a Reform UK councillor in the north-west of England, has alleged that her children were uninvited from a friend’s daughter’s birthday party because of her role within the right-wing insurgent party. The local politician, representing Leyland South in Lancashire County Council, took to X to make the claim that her friend of 30 years took back an invite to the second birthday of her “future trans son” because Ms Close would “vote to take away his rights”.

Her post, which has been viewed 2.5 million times, said: “Last weekend, my children were uninvited from a birthday party. The parents said they couldn’t associate with anyone tied to Reform or the “extreme right.””

“I have known this woman for 30 years. She wrote: “I do not want my future trans son to look back at pictures of you knowing you’d share his birthday cake one day, and vote to take away his rights the next’ Her DAUGHTER just turned 2.”

The councillor had to bat off allegations that her account was fictitious. She said: “I want to respond to the many, many people saying my earlier post “was made up.” It wasn’t. It was a real message, sent out of the blue from someone I’ve known for 30 years telling me how little she thought of me and my family. It wasn’t a disagreement or a heated debate. It was someone simply saying “because you don’t think the way I think, you are no longer welcome in our club’.

“This is what extreme left ideology does. It encourages the view that political beliefs are a way to separate the “good” from the “bad” and anyone who disagrees with them is evil, dangerous and unworthy of basic decency. It fractures friendship, destroys families and it isolates people. The sheer number of people who replied saying “this didn’t happen”, speaks volumes about the lefts unwillingness to admit they (or people they associate with) might be wrong.

“I genuinely wish I hadn’t received this message. I wish I didn’t know firsthand how your closest friendships can be gone overnight. How cruel and divisive things can become in the blink of an eye. But I do and I think it’s important to speak up about it. If we’re ever going to have a society where people can disagree without destroying relationships, we need to start by recognising how dangerous this kind of political extremism really is.”

Her account finished: “To add some clarification to this post. This woman is not currently helping her daughter to transition, so it is certainly not a case of I need to get myself involved or call social services. I presume she was talking about a hypothetical future situation that she may find herself in.

“I am myself the mother of a 2 year old girl and I could never, ever refer to her as ‘my future trans son’. I would also never, ever punish any children by uninviting them to a party over their parents politic beliefs.”