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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

London Tory local election candidate suspended after saying 'Hitler was right'

A Conservative local election candidate standing in London has been suspended from the party after posting "Hitler was right" about Jewish people on social media.

Helena Kanaan, who was running for the Roehampton seat on Wandsworth council, made the comment in response to an online argument between Piers Morgan and self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate.

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