27 September 2023 , 09:46
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The Conservative London mayoral candidate has insisted not everyone is offended by vile tweets lauding Enoch Powell and calling the capital “Londonistan”.
In a car crash radio interview, Susan Hall tied herself in knots as she was confronted about her social media history.
A caller on LBC challenged the Tory for retweeting a message from the far-right activist Kate Hopkins that called Sadiq Khan “the nipple height mayor of Londonistan”. Asked by a woman called Lauren in Harrow how she is “planning to represent the great Muslim community of London”, she said: “When I retweeted. Oh, no, I don't think... I think I liked it. I don't know. This was a long time ago. That wasn't in my mind. Did I retweet it? I have no idea."
When told that she had replied to the post in 2019 with “Thank you Katie!,” she said: “I can't remember doing that. I tweet or used to all the time.”
Ms Hall also liked a tweet that showed an image of Enoch Powell alongside the words: “It’s never too late to get London back!” Asked why she had done this, the mayoral candidate said: “I’ve explained that, it's never too late… it is not too late to make London better. We've got traffic jams left, right and centre.” Pushed on whether she is a fan of Powell, who famously gave his 'Rivers of Blood' speech against mass immigration, she said: “No of course not. If you're a serial tweeter, you tend to go through liking all sorts of things. If anybody is offended, then obviously I would apologise.”
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Other tweets posted by Ms Hall include one in which she described Gemma Collins as a “stupid fat blonde woman”. Expressing his surprise at her response, LBC presenter Nick Ferrari said to her: “Calling someone a stupid fat blonde woman, liking a picture of Enoch Powell, talking about a nipple-height Mayor. You seem surprised people are offended.” She replied: “Some people are and some people aren't. Those that are offended. I didn't intend to cause any offence at all.”
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