{"id":135212,"date":"2023-11-06T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/?p=135212"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:19:05","slug":"crowdfund-appeal-for-tory-mp-caught-up-in-race-row-raises-10k-in-just-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/politics\/crowdfund-appeal-for-tory-mp-caught-up-in-race-row-raises-10k-in-just-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfund appeal for Tory MP caught up in race row raises \u00a310k in just two days"},"content":{"rendered":"

MP Bob Stewart tells campaigner to \u2018go back to Bahrain\u2019<\/h3>\n

A crowdfund appeal set up to help war hero turned MP Colonel Bob Stewart pay his legal fees in a racism case has raised \u00a310,000 in just 54 hours.<\/p>\n

The appeal has been backed by Tory MPs including Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson, deputy chairman of the Common Sense Group Tom Hunt and chairman of the Blue Collar Conservatism movement Brendan Clarke-Smith.<\/p>\n

It comes as MPs are pressuring Rishi sunak and his chief whip Simon Hart to allow Colonel Stewart back into the parliamentary party after he resigned the whip following his conviction last week.<\/p>\n

Mr Hunt told Express.co.uk: \u201cThere have been a number of issues over the past year or so that have made my blood boil but I think this takes the prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you think of all the things that don\u2019t end up in court. Burglaries, repeat shop theft you name it, but this does!”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Tory MP guilty of racially abusing embassy protester<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He went on: “What a complete waste of the court’s time and to think it ended up in a conviction. I fear this will have chilling consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also worth pointing out that the man in question was screaming and shouting at Colonel Bob as he was minding his own business queuing up for an event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Clarke-Smith told Express.co.uk: \u201cThe fact we\u2019ve already raised over \u00a310,000 in just over two days shows not only the strength of feeling about this particular case, but also the high regard Colonel Stewart is held in.<\/p>\n

“Some of the comments from well-wishers are truly heartening, especially from those who served alongside him during his distinguished military career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colonel Stewart was convicted of racially abusing a protester by suggesting he ashould “go back to Bahrain”.<\/p>\n

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