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Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford and Ethan Croft

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tory putney candidate said sadiq khan has done more to destroy london than the luftwaffe - The Untold Story

The Tories have been urged to consider deselecting a London candidate for calling Sadiq Khan a “snivelling little drip” who has done “more to destroy London than the Luftwaffe.”

Lee Roberts, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Putney, apologised on Monday for the comments, where he compared the London Mayor to the German air force that bombed London during the Second World War.

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