(Jewish News) A local election candidate at the centre of an antisemitism scandal has been voted in as a Conservative councillor on the Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
Shakeel Hussain triumphed in Thursday’s vote in the Ropner ward, despite newspaper reports about the emergence of Facebook posts in which he had written of “Zionist murders” and referred to “so-called antisemitism.”
Jewish News also revealed earlier this month how Labour had dropped Hussain after carrying out due diligence on candidates for the party, and discovering his early inflammatory posts.
Days before last Thursday’s elections, the Conservatives issued a statement saying Hussain could face an investigation by the party, adding he “would not be allowed to join the Conservative group on the council, if elected, until any investigations had been completed.”
