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The London mayoral hopeful had initially thanked a group calling themselves "Team Tommy" for cleaning graffiti from statues after a Black Lives Matter protest
Tory London Mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has come under fire after his Twitter account praised supporters of far-right extremist Tommy Robinson.
It came in response to a tweet from a supporter, apparently boasting that “Team Tommy” had been helping to clean graffiti left on statues after Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protest.
Mr Bailey’s account retweeted the message, adding: “Thank you.”
In recent days, the supporter’s account had branded protesters “vermin” and “ferals” - and had posted messages saying Robinson had been “stitched up” over a recent arrest.
Mr Bailey’s team later deleted the retweet.
Labour MP Dawn Butler wrote: “Shame on you for sharing content from a hateful, Islamophobic Tommy Robinson supporter today, Shaun Bailey. You should apologise too Londoners.”
Mr Bailey replied: “Thanks - you're right about Tommy Robinson. As soon as my team were made aware of the account and what 'Team Tommy' meant, the tweet was deleted.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-shaun-baileys-account-deletes-22152850
Tory London Mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has come under fire after his Twitter account praised supporters of far-right extremist Tommy Robinson.
It came in response to a tweet from a supporter, apparently boasting that “Team Tommy” had been helping to clean graffiti left on statues after Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protest.
Mr Bailey’s account retweeted the message, adding: “Thank you.”
In recent days, the supporter’s account had branded protesters “vermin” and “ferals” - and had posted messages saying Robinson had been “stitched up” over a recent arrest.
Mr Bailey’s team later deleted the retweet.
Labour MP Dawn Butler wrote: “Shame on you for sharing content from a hateful, Islamophobic Tommy Robinson supporter today, Shaun Bailey. You should apologise too Londoners.”
Mr Bailey replied: “Thanks - you're right about Tommy Robinson. As soon as my team were made aware of the account and what 'Team Tommy' meant, the tweet was deleted.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-shaun-baileys-account-deletes-22152850
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Shows what it's like
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I saw 'Team Tommy' and didn't immediately think it was Tommy Robinson.
Big deal, hes apologised and removed the tweet but no doubt it'll be brought up by the usual suspects. |
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Good on the guys for cleaning up the graffiti.
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well done for the Lads cleaning up ,BUTLER
 where is she sitting these days ? |
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Has Team Tommy tanked?
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Imagine her running a campaign in any other seat outside London
Would be lucky to save the deposit .. |
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atrocious grammar as well
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