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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Clark and LDR Reporter

East London council candidate suspended over antisemitic social media posts

Abul Monsur (far left) with Aspire party leader Lutfur Rahman (second from left) and two other party candidates for the Lansbury ward, Tower Hamlets - (LDRS)

Tower Hamlets Council’s ruling Aspire Party has suspended one of its candidates standing in next week’s local election because of antisemitic social media posts.

Facebook posts by Abul Monsur – an Aspire candidate in Lansbury ward, Poplar – included Holocaust denial and apparent approval of Adolf Hitler.

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