Another nasty piece of work stands as Brexit party candidate
 

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.

Corbyn will win his seat.

Is that all you took from that piece Arista?

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? :joker: :joker:

Corbyn has nothing to worry about from him.

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.

...(..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...