Hastings Conservative party investigation into candidate’s ‘offensive comments’
The Hastings and Rye Conservative Association says it has instigated an urgent investigation into ‘offensive comments made on social media’ by a candidate standing in the borough council election.
Thursday, 29th April 2021, 2:06 pm
John Sydes has been criticised for a series of tweets he wrote in March commenting on race and the ‘race card’.
Mr Sydes is standing as a Conservative party candidate in Hastings Borough Council’s Castle ward in next Thursday’s (May 6) election.
His social media comments were raised with Hastings and Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart, at which point the constituency’s Conservative association ‘instigated an urgent investigation’ into the matter, according to Martin Clarke, chairman of the Hastings and Rye Conservatives.