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Bob Blackman, Tory MP for Harrow East, who has repeatedly been accused of endorsing Islamophobia, has now been found to have been a member of several racist Facebook groups, according to Vice News.<\/p>\n
The joint-secretary and an executive member of the 1922 Committee, who dictate the hiring and firing of Tory leaders, is said to have been a member of far-right Facebook groups “Britain for the British”<\/em>, “For Britain Political Party”<\/em> and “Pendragons Fight Back.\u201d<\/em> According to Vice, the MP left the groups after they got in contact with him.<\/p>\n “Britain for the British”<\/em> is a group administered by far-right BNP supporter Steven Devlin that has featured several offensive comments, including honoring Adolf Hitler, and death threats toward Muslim Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0\u2018Simmering underbelly of Islamophobia\u2019 in Tory party, says Muslim Council<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “For Britain Political Party”<\/em> describes itself as a group for “supporters and members of Anne Marie Waters party For Britain”<\/em>. Waters is a co-founder of Pegida UK and was a far-right candidate in UKIP’s recent leadership elections. After failing to become UKIP leader, she started the \u2018For Britain\u2019 political party. Blackman was not a member of the official Facebook group.<\/p>\n Here’s a snapshot of comments from the group in relation to\u00a0an article on the subject of Sadiq Khan, warning technology companies that he would impose fines and stricter regulations\u00a0on those that were not seen to be\u00a0taking the issue of hate speech seriously enough.<\/p>\n Blackman was also a part of “Pendragons Fight Back.\u201d<\/em> In keeping with the theme, the group features far-right Islamophobic. Some members of the group are said to have celebrated when activists known as “The White Pendragons”<\/em> took gallows to a Fabian Society (British socialist organization) event and tried to “citizens’ arrest”<\/em> Sadiq Khan.<\/p>\n This is the latest controversy Blackman has been involved in, adding to a long history of accusations that he indulges in Islamophobia.<\/p>\n In February of 2016, Blackman retweeted a post by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson containing an anti-Islam message and a link to an article about Muslim violence against Hindus. Blackman tried to defend his action, telling the Times, “This was retweeted in error. I condemn the views of Tommy Robinson and the English Defence League.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n However, according to Miqdaad Versi, spokesperson for Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Blackman had still not rectified his “error”<\/em> 3 weeks later.<\/p>\n Extraordinary: 3 weeks after Bob Blackman claimed his re-tweet of an anti-Islam message by right-wing extremist Tommy Robinson, was “in error”, he *still* has not undone his RT pic.twitter.com\/idsGSSmriV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n