Labour candidate suspended for vile tweet about King Charles

Labour has acted swiftly to droop a candidate who accused King Charles of being a sexual legal in a tweet from his private account. But Conservative MPs have informed Express.co.uk about their disgust over the behaviour of David Beckett, a candidate in Darlington.

Mr Beckett was suspended by Labour after he Tweeted: “Are we seriously being asked to swear that we will ‘pledge allegiance to his Majesty, [his] heirs and successors according to law’?

“There isn’t an opportunity in hell of me giving such an affirmation to a n***e.”

Beckett’s slur was in response to the concept folks would be a part of collectively throughout the nation to acclaim their oath of allegiance to the brand new King.

The story was first picked up by the Northern Echo and Labour seems to have acted swiftly to droop the candidate who can’t be taken off the poll paper for tomorrow’s election.

After the row broke out Mr Beckett’s Twitter account went offline.

In a press release the Darlington Labour group mentioned: “We have been notified by Labour’s Governance and Legal Unit that one of our candidates has been suspended from the party regarding conduct on social media.

“We will not be commenting further on this individual case any further, while this investigation is ongoing.

“Darlington Labour do not agree with or endorse the comments made by this individual in this case.

“We hold our councillors and candidates to a high standard and apologise unequivocally for the offence caused in this instance.”

But Conservative MPs seized the row as proof that the Corbynistas stay the true face of Labour.

North East Tory MP Richard Holden mentioned: “Sir Keir Starmer says Labour have changed from the Corbynite anti-Monarchy anti-Jewish mob he backed all the way in 2017 and 2019 but it’s clear they’re the same Labour he campaigned so hard for when he tried to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister when he was at his right hand side in his shadow cabinet.”

Dudley North MP Marco Longhi added: “This typical of people that make up the Labour Party. They attempt to come throughout as patriotic and monarchists however their masks all the time slips, as certain as night time follows day.

“This slur is defamatory and it shows that the Labour Party can’t pretend to be supportive of the Royal family – even Keir Starmer was on video saying he was anti-monarchy, hence his words in the chamber today rang so hollow, as they always do.”