[Twosugars]

A Brexit Party candidate who wants to take Jeremy Corbyn’s seat was today accused of discriminating against people with learning disabilities after he used a series of offensive terms targeting disabled people.

James Heartfield, a historian and writer, told one opponent in an online debate about business in February: “This is such a retarded argument that you are now forever fixed in my mind as a drooling, ****-witted sack of sh**.”

Mr Heartfield was unveiled as a candidate for the Islington North seat as Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage gears up for a general election.

Ciara Lawrence, who has a learning disability and works for the charity Mencap, said: “No one should be using this disgusting and harmful language in our society, especially not someone who wants to stand for election to become a Member of Parliament and represent people, including people with a learning disability.”

In another Twitter spat about the European Union, in December 2018, Mr Heartfield told someone: “Ok — well **** off then, you spastic ***t.”

He used the word “******” to insult people in at least five conversations.

Evening Standard

He is a former member of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

[arista]

Corbyn will win his seat.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by arista

Corbyn will win his seat.

Is that all you took from that piece Arista?

[Kizzy]

And we're meant to believe this is an academic? Where did he get his degree the back of a cig packet?
And he thinks he's going to take Corbyns seat?

[joeysteele]

Corbyn has nothing to worry about from him.

[Tom4784]

This is the kind of person that the Brexit party are putting forth as candidates? Grim. Thankfully, he'll be decimated when it comes to the vote. I imagine there will be more controversies surrounding the Brexit candidates going forward given that the party is an (even more) extreme version of UKIP.

[Ammi]

...(..just looking at his wiki...)...it says that he was a Great British Bake Off contestant in 2016 and he left after a disappointing Viennese Whirl...the shame of it, how can such a person be a representative of anything we hold sacred...anyways, I don’t recall him at all from the show, so I’m not sure that’s true...a false wiki as well as a false Viennese Whirl, what in the world...oh dear...