1/1 A CANDIDATE in this year s local elections has come under fire for disgusting comments made on social media. The comments, made on Facebook in 2018 by current Conservative candidate for Darwen South Andrew Walker, appear to show support for far-right EDL founder and convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known by his alias Tommy Robinson , while another jokes that stabbing former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn should earn you a knighthood. The posts were brought to light by a concerned resident who claims to have first raised them with Conservative central office but, on failing to receive a response, then shared screenshots of the posts (pictured) with Darwen Labour Party chair Matthew Gibson who has now decided to make them public.