The occasion mentioned he was standing down for ‘private causes’
Chris Kennedy has stepped down as Inexperienced candidate for Makerfield (Picture: Getty)
The Inexperienced Social gathering’s candidate for the Makerfield by-election has withdrawn – simply hours after it was introduced he could be standing. The occasion initially mentioned Chris Kennedy, a registered nurse and youngsters’s safeguarding specialist, was standing down for “private and household causes”.
His candidacy was solely confirmed on Thursday morning, with an announcement posted to X (previously Twitter) at 8.20am. Information that Kennedy was standing down got here hours later, with an electronic mail from the occasion timed at 4.42pm. Since, it has been reported that Kennedy stood down after issues had been raised about posts he shared on-line.
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In accordance with The Occasions, Kennedy shared a video calling the arrests linked to the Golders Inexperienced ambulance arson incident “whole bulls*** to maintain the false flag flying”. A false flag operation is a dangerous, usually militant, occasion or motion designed to look as if perpetrated by somebody aside from the individual or group accountable. He additionally shared posts from a “proud ethno-nationalist” who mentioned the response to the assault made “no sense”.
Zack Polanski known as Kennedy a ‘implausible candidate’ (Picture: Getty)
A Inexperienced Social gathering spokesperson mentioned: “These posts do not replicate the views of The Inexperienced Social gathering. We have now spoken to Chris about these posts, and he has now deleted them. He apologises for the offence prompted.”
Earlier than this got here out, the chief of the Inexperienced Social gathering, Zack Polanski, had acclaimed Kennedy as “a implausible candidate and consultant for Makerfield”.
Because of Kennedy standing down, the occasion’s nominations course of will reopen. A Inexperienced Social gathering spokesperson mentioned earlier than Kennedy’s submit had been launched: “As a celebration, we’re re-opening nominations now as a result of we imagine folks in Makerfield deserve an actual selection at this by-election, and the Inexperienced Social gathering can be standing to supply precisely that.
“Throughout the nation, increasingly voters are turning away from the previous events and searching for politicians who will genuinely get up for his or her communities. We may even be redoubling our efforts on campaigning to show the danger of Reform, a celebration who seeks to divide our communities.
“This election must be about tips on how to make the super-rich pay their fair proportion, how we sort out the cost-of-living disaster with decrease payments and reasonably priced housing, and the way we defend our public providers and our inexperienced areas. It must be about providing Makerfield hope over hate.”
The occasion added: “The Inexperienced Social gathering of England and Wales is re-opening nominations this night for the upcoming by-election in Makerfield. The transfer comes after the chosen candidate, Chris Kennedy, withdrew from the position for private and household causes.”
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