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07 Jun 20
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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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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.
Big deal, hes apologised and removed the tweet but no doubt it'll be brought up by the usual suspects.
well done for the Lads cleaning up ,BUTLER 
where is she sitting these days ?
where is she sitting these days ?
Imagine her running a campaign in any other seat outside London Would be lucky to save the deposit ..
Would be lucky to save the deposit ..
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