Tories probe 'Islamophobic' tweets allegedly made by local election candidate

Anti-islamic tweets which appear to have been posted by a Conservative local election candidate in Trafford have been taken down along with her profile on X, formerly known as Twitter. The posts and retweets allegedly made by Natalie Shalom who is standing in the Hale ward have come to light ahead of the May 2 poll, in which 21 of the council’s seats are being contested.

After the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) contacted Ms Shalom and Conservative group leader Coun Nathan Evans yesterday, the tweets along with her profile disappeared from X. Neither has so far commented. But a spokesperson from the Altrincham and Sale West Conservative Association said: “We condemn all acts of islamophobia in the strongest possible terms. As soon as we were made aware of the remarks in question, Altrincham and Sale West Conservative Association escalated the matter through the Conservative Party complaints procedure, in accordance with our zero-tolerance approach to islamophobia. Whilst that process is ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further.”

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat group leader on Trafford council, Coun Shaun Ennis, has called for the Conservatives to 'drop' their Hale candidate. Screengrabs of the tweets show that Ms Shalom appeared to repost a tweet that said: “Who paid for the UNRWA (the United Nations Relieve and Works Agency)? Western; Which countries are the Muslims flooding into an slowly taking over? Western. Which governments are giving in to the Muslims? Western. Which universities did Arab nations give billions to? Western.”

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Another retweet accuses Palestinians of using a healthy girl to stage a