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Here's the @TheIndGroup MEPs 36 hours after their launch:
😱 2 MEP candidates suspended, one for anti-Romanian bigotry, one for saying "Black women scare me" and describing someone as a "crazy black whore"
😱 1 candidate denouncing the #MeToo movement, claiming it vilifies men
😱 2 MEP candidates suspended, one for anti-Romanian bigotry, one for saying "Black women scare me" and describing someone as a "crazy black whore"
😱 1 candidate denouncing the #MeToo movement, claiming it vilifies men
😱 An Islamophobia scandal including comments by a candidate legitimising Tommy Robinson
😱 A candidate opposing abortion and equal marriage because “a stable society is based on heterosexual relations”
😱 A candidate demonising benefit claimants for spending money on alcohol
😱 A candidate opposing abortion and equal marriage because “a stable society is based on heterosexual relations”
😱 A candidate demonising benefit claimants for spending money on alcohol
😱 A candidate praising the DUP and sharing an 'amusing' anecdote with the punchline "Come on Neil, there's always room in the charts for a couple of poofs with a synthesiser."
😱 A candidate demonising council workers as "shoulder shruggers", "finger pointers" + "fag breakers"
😱 A candidate demonising council workers as "shoulder shruggers", "finger pointers" + "fag breakers"
😱 A candidate demanding Labour backs Theresa May's "soft, pragmatic Brexit"
😱 A candidate using overtly transphobic language
😱 A candidate calling people "retards".
Let's see what the next 36 hours brings, shall we?
😱 A candidate using overtly transphobic language
😱 A candidate calling people "retards".
Let's see what the next 36 hours brings, shall we?
(Sorry, should be clearer here - the 2 MEPs were allowed to step down as candidates. They haven't been suspended from the party or subject to any disciplinary measures that have been made public).
