Labour drops prospective local election candidate after being alerted to his history of inflammatory social media comments, but Conservatives take him on
The Conservatives have endorsed a candidate in the local elections who was barred from running for Labour after the Party was alerted to his history of inflammatory activity on social media. Shakeel Munir Hussain had hoped to run as a Labour candidate in Stockton-on-Tees in the coming local election as he has on previous occasions, […]
CAA writes to University of Gloucestershire over Visa and Immigration Officer’s incendiary comments about Zionists and Hamas
Campaign Against Antisemitism is writing to the University of Gloucestershire over incendiary comments made by its Visa and Immigration Officer about Zionists and Hamas. Comments posted to the Twitter account of Joe Sucksmith, who is said to work at the University in the student-facing role, included saying that “Zionists should stfu [shut the f*** up] […]
Man who shared antisemitic messages and Hitler quotes jailed for twelve months
A man who shared antisemitic messages and quotes from Adolf Hitler online has been jailed for twelve months after being found guilty of stirring up racial hatred. Gareth Anthony Brett, 35 from Poole, used his Twitter and Telegram platforms to disseminate the racist posts to his 2,000 followers, Bournemouth Crown Court heard. Mr Brett reportedly […]