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Howard Beckett is running to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite.
In a message posted on Twitter yesterday, he called for the Home Secretary, Britain s most senior ethnic minority politician, to be kicked out.
The tweet, in response to an attempt to deport two asylum seekers in Glasgow, read: Priti Patel should be deported, not refugees. She can go along with anyone else who supports institutional racism. She is disgusting.
It prompted an immediate backlash, with social media users telling Mr Beckett it was racist and warning that his remark sounded like the BNP .
The fallout came as huge crowds cheered and applauded yesterday when two Indian men, initially detained by Border Force officials in an immigration van, were eventually released by police following a stand-off with hundreds of protesters.
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