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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Clark and LDR Reporter

MYSTERIOUS: East london council candidate suspended over antisemitic social media posts - What They Never Told You

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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