Tory candidate suspended over homophobic and antisemitic comments

[Behind the Aegis]

23-year-old George Stoakley, a Conservative candidate for a South Cambridgeshire ward in the upcoming council election, discovered this recently when a series of his old antisemitic, homophobic and pro-gun tweets were discovered by eagle-eyed Twitter users.

He has since been suspended.

Not only did he joke about "sweating like a Jew in an attic", he also described AIDs as "weaponised semen" and used the term "faggot" as an insult.

Stoakley is just one of several Conservative political candidates whose campaigns have been derailed by their online presence.

A few weeks ago, Hillary Su - bidding to represent a ward which includes London's historic gay hub Soho - referenced Tim Farron's comments that gay sex is 'immoral' in a tweet which read: 'The right to private life, however immoral, is what free society offers - so long [as] it doesn't interfere with others or break laws'.



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[The Polack MSgt]

1. Well their Conservatives are just as hateful and bigoted as America's

But seem much more literate. I'm unsure if that's better or worse.

Eff this stooge

[sdfernando]

2. Never underestimate the ability of a Brit

to be insulting but ever so polite about it.