Conservative candidate Bob Blackman said on @Channel4News that him endorsing Islamophobia was "absolutely untrue". He seemed worried about "going into details" after being asked about sharing a post by Tommy Robinson
Let's see the evidence of his consistent stream of "mistakes"
Let's see the evidence of his consistent stream of "mistakes"
Here is the tweet he shared by the far-right Tommy Robinson which just happened to appear on his newsfeed.
He implied he was okay with the content but somehow missed the author of the tweet
He implied he was okay with the content but somehow missed the author of the tweet
He was so apologetic that for a long time even after the media caught him out, he didn't even bother undoing his RT. He has now!
In Parliament, he hosted the anti-Muslim extremist Tapan Ghosh.
Ghosh is a person who basically advocated the genocide of Kashmiri Muslims
thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
Ghosh is a person who basically advocated the genocide of Kashmiri Muslims
thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
Ghosh is also a man who called the UN to control the birth rate of Muslims & even praised the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, and appears to be friends with the same Tommy Robinson
See thread with details of how bad Tapan Ghosh is here:
See thread with details of how bad Tapan Ghosh is here:
And after hosting him, Bob Blackman even defended Tapan Ghosh's appearance in Parliament!
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Not only did he defend Ghosh's appearance in Parliament, he even seems to wonder why there was so much fuss about Tapan Ghosh.
Does his genocidal, anti-Muslim hate not matter to this candidate?
Does his genocidal, anti-Muslim hate not matter to this candidate?
Here he is RTing individuals who propagate Islamophobia.
Another mistake?
Another mistake?
Bob Blackman has also shared a story titled “Muslim Somali sex gang say raping white British children ‘part of their culture’” from the anti-Muslim website Hardcore News USA.
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/t…
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/t…
Blackman was a member of far-right & Islamophobic Facebook groups including "Britain for the British", "For Britain Political Party" and "Pendragons Fight Back"
He has since removed himself from these groups after his membership was exposed by Vice News
vice.com/en_uk/article/…
He has since removed himself from these groups after his membership was exposed by Vice News
vice.com/en_uk/article/…
In this example, Blackman shared a story from a "fake news" website that is known to cause community tensions between Hindus & Muslims, as reported in The Times
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
Blackman also promotes Maryam Rajavi (banned from UK): former senior official of terror group (MEK) which served as Saddam Hussein's henchmen for years, murdered 74 senior officials inc. party leader & 27 Iranian MPs and bombed a meeting, killing Iran's president & PM
Whilst Blackman cannot meet her in the UK as she is banned, he goes abroad to events that her front group organises
(A bit about MEK:
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…)
middleeasteye.net/news/uk-mps-at…
(A bit about MEK:
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…)
middleeasteye.net/news/uk-mps-at…
And the way the Conservative Party treats him, is by the PM at the time campaigning with him.
The Conservative Party has failed to take *any* action against Bob Blackman despite his series of "mistakes" endorsing Islamophobia again and again and again and again.
He is a prime example of the Party's failure to act "swiftly" or even care about Islamophobia.
He is a prime example of the Party's failure to act "swiftly" or even care about Islamophobia.
And let's not forget that not a single Conservative MP has said anything against Bob Blackman about the above.
This tolerance of Islamophobia throughout the Party should not be forgotten.
This tolerance of Islamophobia throughout the Party should not be forgotten.
