A Conservative councillor, who is acting as agent for a general election candidate, has been accused of sharing “appalling comments about Jewish people” on social media.
Ben Shirely, agent to Tory candidate Simon Fell in Barrow and Furness, is under investigation by the party for sharing a post on Facebook that referred to "Yid w***ers" and "liked" another post about "faggots" and another that used a derogatory comment about women in the past year.
Mr Shirely, a Barrow Borough councillor, shared a post about a football fixture between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur that said "bring it on you yid w***ers".
He also "liked" a friend's post that simply said: “Faggot”.
