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Ukip candidate Donald Grewar resigns over endorsement of comments calling gay people 'perverts' and 'paedophiles' on BNP website | Ukip candidate Donald Grewar resigns over endorsement of comments calling gay people 'perverts' and 'paedophiles' on BNP website |
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A Ukip general election candidate has quit following revelations he endorsed offensive far-right messages posted online. | A Ukip general election candidate has quit following revelations he endorsed offensive far-right messages posted online. |
Donald Grewar apologised for his "foolishness" as he wrote to the party to withdraw from the contest for Newport East, in Wales. | |
The party launched an investigation following reports Mr Grewar had backed a post on the British National Party's website, which referred to gay people as "perverts" and "paedophiles". | |
The would-be MP also apparently backed a post by the English Defence League which called for "no surrender to militant Islam or political correctness." | |
In a letter to Ukip chairman Steve Crowther, Mr Grewar said: "I am sad to have to be writing this letter, but I have come to the conclusion that, following the revelation of some comments that I posted on the Internet a while ago that I have to reconsider my position as the PPC for Newport East. | In a letter to Ukip chairman Steve Crowther, Mr Grewar said: "I am sad to have to be writing this letter, but I have come to the conclusion that, following the revelation of some comments that I posted on the Internet a while ago that I have to reconsider my position as the PPC for Newport East. |
"I recognise fully that those comments, and the implications of those comments, puts me in breach of the party rules. I had forgotten that I had posted them, but I had. | "I recognise fully that those comments, and the implications of those comments, puts me in breach of the party rules. I had forgotten that I had posted them, but I had. |
"I am truly sorry that my foolishness has caused you, the party and me embarrassment." | "I am truly sorry that my foolishness has caused you, the party and me embarrassment." |
Mr Crowther told Mr Grewar he was "sorry" to lose him as a candidate, but said that he had "done the right thing." | |
He added: "Thank you for your hard work and commitment to the cause." | He added: "Thank you for your hard work and commitment to the cause." |
Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |
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