The Conservatives have suspended a Nottinghamshire election candidate who posted on Facebook in 2021 about “stoning” refugees who cross the Channel. Stuart Peach is standing for the party to be the councillor in Ashfield's Leamington Ward ahead of the local elections on May 4.
In posts on Facebook, Mr Peach questioned about people using violence to stop those arriving in this country in small boats. He questioned what would happen if “the English started to take the law into their own hands” to deal with the issue, reports the Mirror.
“What would happen if 200,000 Englishmen marched down to Dover and started stoning the migrants?” he added. The Conservatives initially declined to say whether Mr Peach would face any disciplinary action after the Mirror revealed the posts yesterday.
