Anti Islamic Lib Dem Candidate: Dave Stones

In a local by-election to be held this Thursday, local Lib Dem candidate Dave Stones will be allowed to stand by in spite of repeatedly and shockingly anti-Islamic remarks.

In one message referring to the site of a religious centre in New York, Mr Stones posted:' Regarding the mosque being built near ground zero. I say let them build it'. But then, across the street 'we should put a topless bar called "You Mecca Me Hot" and next to that a gay bar called "The Turban Cowboy” and next to that a Pork Rib restaurant called “Iraq-O-Ribs” and next to that...a...check-cashing place called “...Iran out of Money” then we’ll see who’s tolerant'. Stone goes on to encourage others to copy, paste and pass on to others.

I'm not aware if he has apologised for this particular rancid rant against Muslims, but two things are very absent: Frist, what does the local Lib Dem party think of having such a representative and even more importantly what does the Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg have to say on the subject ? . Are they both content that he is their representative? Just last week Nick Clegg was very quick to condemn Diane Abbott MP for her clumsy semantic mistake when she forgot to use the word "Some", before saying 'white people try and divide and rule Black people. Today, Clegg's non response is, frankly, deafening.

The local MP Mr Blenkinsop has said, 'The idea that he could be involved in Redcar and Cleveland local government disgusts me when he has shown such a lack of respect towards its Muslim residents, many of whom are my constituents'.

Simon Woolley