Conservative council candidate expelled over racist Facebook post 'shoot the P***s'

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Derek Bullock has been re-selected by the Conservatives to run for a seat on Bolton council in next month's local election despite being suspended by the party Derek Bullock has been chosen to represent the Conservatives in local elections

A conservative candidate for city council has been expelled from the party for allegedly posting a racist message on Facebook.

Derek Bullock has been re-elected to run for a seat on Bolton Council in next month's local elections despite his previous suspension.

But tonight he was kicked out of the Tories after the Mirror alerted the party to a Facebook post he allegedly made.

Following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, an account on behalf of Mr. Bullock commented on a news article: "Shoot the P***s on the spot."

Mr. Bullock was chosen by the party to run for the Hulton ward, where he has been a councilor since 2019, despite having previously been suspended due to Islamophobia allegations.

In March 2020, he was disciplined after it was alleged that an anti-Muslim activist's "JihadWatch" post was posted on his Facebook.

The offensive message was posted on Facebook after the Manchester Arena bombing

In response to an article about the party's former chair, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, he reportedly added, "She's been a peep in the nest!"

And in another post, from February 2015, it was shown that he had shared a news article with the title "The number of Muslim children in England and Wales doubles in a decade", adding the comment "time is running out".< /p>

When approached by the Mirror, Tory leader of Bolton Council Martyn Cox defended Mr Bullock.

He said, "It's a total fake. There's no truth to it. It's a complete fakerooney. I'm absolutely confident on that."

But the Tories confirmed tonight that they had kicked Mr Bullock out of the party.

A spokesperson said, "Councillor Bullock has been kicked out of the Conservative Party."