Susan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London mayor, is reported to have preferred tweets praising controversial former minister Enoch Powell.
Ms Hall, who will go up towards Labour’s Sadiq Khan within the mayoral election subsequent May, preferred a message in February 2020 quoting the far-right, anti-immigration politician as saying: “It’s never too late to save your country,” in accordance Hope Not Hate.
The tweet, uncovered by the marketing campaign group, additionally included the phrase: “It’s never too late to get London back!”
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The Tory candidate can be stated to have preferred tweets calling Mr Khan a “traitor rat” and “our nipple height mayor of Londonistan”.
Others seems to counsel the London mayor would endorse electoral corruption, with one alleging Mr Khan is “begging for Londoners to do a Tower Hamlets postal vote for May next year and we all know how that works”.
The tweet preferred by Susan Hall. Credit: Hope Not Hate
In response, Mr Khan informed ITV News that the views of his Conservative rival are “questionable”.
He stated: “I don’t think Londoners want somebody who supports Enoch Powell or Donald Trump,” he stated.
“I personally don’t like Enoch Powell or Donald Trump’s views. The fact that this Tory does, speaks volumes.”
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Powell was a extremely controversial determine of his time, notably for his infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech in 1968, which warned of the perceived risks of immigration.
Ms Hall, a London Assembly member, was chosen by the Conservatives to tackle Mr Khan in subsequent 12 months’s mayoral election – a choice which stunned many resulting from her low profile and far-right views.
Enoch Powell pictured in 1969, the 12 months after his well-known ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech
Her account on X – beforehand generally known as Twitter – additionally comprises obvious endorsements of Donald Trump, together with his declare that he misplaced the presidential election in 2020 to Joe Biden due to voter fraud.
A spokesperson for Ms Hall’s marketing campaign informed Sky News that the mayoral candidate “engages with many people on Twitter without endorsing them”.
“Londoners want a mayor who listens to people and deals with the bread-and-butter issues that matter to them – making our streets safer and putting more money back in people’s pockets,” the spokesperson stated.
“As mayor, Susan will deliver that.”
Ms Hall was chosen by London Conservative get together members to problem Mr Khan in subsequent 12 months’s London mayoral election in July.
As a member of the London Assembly for 5 years, she isn’t any stranger to City Hall and has recurrently confronted off towards the present chief at Mayor’s Question Time.
Her tagline is “Safer with Susan” and in the course of the choice race, she referred to as herself “the candidate Sadiq Khan fears the most”.
Content Source: information.sky.com