Posted on 05/05/2014 3:50:33 AM PDT by lowbridge
David Bishop, a candidate in Brentwood South, Essex, apologised after retweeting messages, including one that claimed Islam was the religion of rape.
"I have let myself and my party down," Mr Bishop said in a statement.
It comes after a UKIP council candidate, who tweeted that Islam was "evil", was suspended from the party.
'Real offence'
Mr Bishop, who is also a DJ in the Brentwood area, retweeted one message on 13 April that read: "How CAN a gay guy keep a straight face?"
In another message, retweeted on April 27 - two days after Mr Bishop was named as a Conservative council candidate - it cited the arrest of four Muslim men over the rape of a 14-year-old girl and added: "#Islam 'the religion of peace' & rape."
In a statement, Mr Bishop apologised "for the real offence caused" and said he would "not be asking anyone to vote for me on May 22".
"I recognise that someone standing for public office should show leadership and seek to unite communities, not divide them. I hope the residents of Brentwood South can forgive my lack of judgement in time," he said.
John Kerslake, chairman of Brentwood and Ongar Conservatives said the matter had been dealt with "swiftly and conclusively in the best interest of Brentwood and the party".
Louise McKinlay, group leader of Brentwood Conservatives, added that Mr Bishop's views had "no place in our team".
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> “How CAN a gay guy keep a straight face?”
That’s homophobic?
Telling the truth in a lying world will get you into trouble, Mister.
Speaking the truth is not allowed
The Conservative party is dead, taken over by Socialists and Saudi money.
the UK allows islamic terrorists and doesn’t condemn Labour politicians who worked with gay pedo group....messed up!
The Tories are a clone of Labour over there
This is why conservatives lose. They state the truth and then apologize for it.
Islam IS the religion of rape. If their scriptures say it (and they do) then it their problem not ours.
We need men with backbones to state the truth and stand by it!
We need to remember that whether we speak the truth or not the enemy will hate us. We may as well speak the truth
Long ago someone (Churchill?) once said that teh moselm is either at your feet or at your throat. We need to put them back under our feet.
Of course speaking the truth will get you in trouble, especially talking about the religion of hate.
“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell
You've let yourself down by apologizing, numbnuts.
It comes after a UKIP council candidate, who tweeted that Islam was "evil", was suspended from the party.
And UKIP won't stand up to the Muslims either, bad press you know. Sadly the only people that do over there are the Nazi BNP arseholes.
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