{"id":114253,"date":"2021-05-13T23:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=114253"},"modified":"2021-05-13T23:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:46:23","slug":"unite-leadership-candidate-howard-beckett-suspended-from-labour-after-saying-priti-patel-should-be-deported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/unite-leadership-candidate-howard-beckett-suspended-from-labour-after-saying-priti-patel-should-be-deported\/","title":{"rendered":"Unite leadership candidate Howard Beckett suspended from Labour after saying Priti Patel ‘should be deported’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A leadership candidate for one of Labour’s biggest union backers has been suspended from the party after he suggested Priti Patel should be “deported”, Sky News understands.<\/p>\n

Howard Beckett, who is standing to be elected as Unite’s new general secretary, was heavily criticised on Thursday night over his tweets about the home secretary.<\/p>\n

In a series of messages linked to mass protests in Glasgow<\/strong> earlier in the day over the detention of two men by Border Force officials, Mr Beckett posted: “Priti Patel should be deported, not refugees.<\/p>\n

“She can go along with anyone else who supports institutional racism. She is disgusting.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Patel was born in London to Indian-Ugandan parents who emigrated to the UK in the 1960s, just before Idi Amin’s decision to deport all Asians.<\/p>\n

Mr Beckett, who was appointed to Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee last year, at first appeared to defend his tweet amid anger from other Twitter users.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

After one user questioned where the Unite candidate thought Ms Patel should be deported to, Mr Beckett said: “Read the tweet. It’s to reference the racist agenda of the policies of Tories. To say there should be no place for racists in society.”<\/p>\n

But Mr Beckett then later deleted his initial tweet and offered an apology.<\/p>\n

“I’m very sorry for my earlier tweet. I was angry to see Muslim Refugees being deported on the morning of Eid Al Fitr,” he posted.<\/p>\n

A Conservative source said: “We look forward to Labour’s swift condemnation of this vile racism.”<\/p>\n

Sky News understands Mr Beckett has since been reported to the police for a hate crime.<\/p>\n

Mr Beckett is standing to replace Unite’s outgoing general secretary Len McCluskey, who is standing down after more than 10 years in the role.<\/p>\n

Currently an assistant general secretary, Mr Beckett is viewed as Mr McCluskey’s heir apparent to lead the trade union, which is one of Labour’s largest donors.<\/p>\n

Conservative MP Steve Baker earlier called for a “robust response” from Labour over the “extraordinary, absolutely intolerable remark”.<\/p>\n

A Labour spokesperson said: “The Labour Party takes these allegations extremely seriously and appropriate action will be taken.”<\/p>\n

Under the party’s new rules, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s office cannot interfere in an independent disciplinary process.<\/p>\n

But Sky News was told disciplinary procedures were expected to be under way quickly.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Mr Beckett was told he should be sacked on Thursday after both Unite and a blogger lost a £1.3m battle over legal costs.<\/p>\n

The sum relates to lawyers’ bills run up by former Labour MP Anna Turley after she successfully won a libel case against Unite and blogger Stephen Walker.<\/p>\n

A judge considered issues relating to legal costs at an online hearing on Thursday about 18 months after the libel battle ended.<\/p>\n

He said Ms Turley had won and was therefore entitled to have her costs paid by the losers.<\/p>\n

The judge was told that Ms Turley had initially claimed about £2m in lawyers’ bills but subsequently agreed that Unite and Mr Walker should pay about £1.3m.<\/p>\n

A Unite spokesman said after the hearing that the union and Mr Walker would be “jointly liable for the legal costs”.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the hearing, former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson called for Mr Beckett – as Unite’s “legal guy” – to be sacked.<\/p>\n

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