“Given recent events, would jimmy Savilles behavious have been acceptable if he had been a muslim??” reads one Twitter post. Another tweet asks: “holocaust memorial to be built in London… its about time, but will our mulsim friends be offended??”
Yet another statement made on a Facebook account bearing Bray’s name argues that “muslims burning poppys […] should be shot”, and that “all terrerists [sic] are muslims”. When contacted for comment by HOPE not hate Bray was unable to confirm or deny having made the November 2010 post, stating: “I don’t remember”.
While UKIP has yet to select an official candidate for the Clacton constituency, Bray has the “full support” of former UKIP donor and Leave.EU executive chair Arron Banks.
Banks, a multi-millionaire insurance tycoon, had announced that he would contest the Clacton seat himself, before terminating his own candidacy in a surprise announcement yesterday. Bray told BBC Essex this morning that he is expecting financial backing from Banks.
These Islamophobic statements were unearthed soon after UKIP outlined a new, radically anti-Islamic “Integration Policy”, which includes measures such as banning the burka, a moratorium on new Islamic faith schools and an annual mandatory genital examination of girls deemed “from groups at high risk” of suffering female genital mutilation.
Cllr James Leppard expressed Islamophobic sentiments and endorsed abuse of Sadiq Khan HOPE not hate can reveal further evidence of the growing problem of extremism…
