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A Tory council candidate candidate has been suspended after he allegedly posted a picture of some bacon hanging from a door handle alongside the caption: "Protect your house from terrorism. Stay safe lads."

The inflammatory Facebook post shared by Tory hopeful David Boston was said to have contained deep-seated Islamophobia.

Boston, the candidate for Enfield Council's Turkey Street ward, also shared on Facebook a 'twisted misfits' post which said: "I envy guys for gettin to say 's*** my dick' as sort of a 'f*** you.'

(Image: David Boston / Facebook)

"If I shouted 'lick my vagina' I'd have like 47 tongues in my pants."

In response, the Enfield Conservatives posted on Facebook on April 16: "The posts by David Boston are unacceptable and have been removed. His posts do not reflect the values of Enfield Conservatives."

Despite being suspended, Boston will appear on the ballot paper on Thursday as a Conservative Party candidate because the deadline to withdraw has passed.

Boston faced a barrage of criticism on Facebook.

One user, Joe Bailey, commented: "How about removing David Boston as your candidate?

"These posts were not accidental, they show deep seated racism. Suggesting that you'll keep terrorists away by hanging bacon on your door is truly disgusting behaviour. Is this who the Conservative Party in Enfield wants to represent them?"

In another comment Mr Bailey added: "It is offensive on so many levels. Shocking that this man would still be standing for election as Conservative councillor. Has the party no morals, that it can't throw out bad apples?"

(Image: Enfield Conservative / Facebook)

Graham Hale, replied to him: "I'll be honest with you Joe Bailey, I'm seriously thinking of reporting this to the police."

He then added: "I think the lack of candidates is how they have ended up having to scrape the bottom of the proverbial barrel."

Pork is prohibited in Islam by a verse of the Koran, which reads: "Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah."

This incident follows a line of other suspensions in the Tory party.

On April 26, George Stoakley, who was due to stand for election in South Cambridgeshire, was suspended over inflammatory comments he made on Twitter years ago.

The 23-year-old made references to the horrendous conditions Anne Frank suffered while hiding from the Nazis.

In one shocking tweet he posted that he was "sweating like a Jew in an attic".

Local elections are taking place on Thursday May 3.

A Conservative Party spokesperson said: "David Boston has been suspended pending an investigation."