Anti-racism campaigners have slammed Daniel Rudd over his now deleted tweets

Campaigners have raised the alarm over a Brexit Party General Election candidate’s ‘hateful, dangerous and blatantly racist’ comments on social media.

Stoke North parliamentary hopeful Daniel Rudd used the term ‘gimmi-grunts’ on Twitter and says people who move to the UK just ‘take what they can’.

He also shared a video purportedly showing Muslims attacking Hindus in another country with the caption ‘Just another day in London.’

The candidate, who says in his Twitter bio that he wants to ‘change politics for good’ also made a comment about stopping animal testing and carrying it out on remainers instead.

In another of his posts he also makes a crude sexual remark about members of the LGBTQ community.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage next to the Stoke North parliamentary hopeful

He made inflammatory remarks about immigrants draining the benefits system

He suggested doing animal testing on remainers instead

He said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will let ‘any gimme-grunt’ into the UK

A Hope Not Hate spokesman told Metro.co.uk there are ‘plenty of rotten apples in the barrel’ but that many candidates have removed their social media posts.

He added: ‘He [Rudd] hasn’t so I assume he thinks what he is saying is okay and acceptable.’

The candidate’s Twitter account which dated back to August 2019 appears to have been deleted today after Metro.co.uk contacted the Brexit Party for comment.

It comes after three Brexit Party candidates quit on day one of the campaign, a week after prospective hopeful who said she ‘came from a star’ stood down.

In a statement, Hope Not Hate said: ‘All decent people would be disgusted by the content and opinions that Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party candidate Daniel Rudd proudly shared on social media.

He deleted the tweets after Metro.co.uk contacted the Brexit Party

Campaigners say he’s not the only ‘rotten apple in the barrel’

‘His hateful, dangerous and blatantly racist views show that he is clearly unfit to represent the people of Stoke.

‘The fact that Daniel Rudd has deleted his Twitter account clearly shows that he clearly has something to hide.

‘Voters will legitimately ask what other history he is trying to keep from public scrutiny, instead of being honest about his disreputable opinions.’

They said other supporters and campaigners for the Staffordshire branch of the party have also shown ‘hate and prejudice’.

The group added: ‘It should come as no surprise that Daniel Rudd was deemed a suitable candidate to represent the Brexit Party given Nigel Farage’s long history of dangerous and divisive politics.

‘But the good news is that voters have a chance to send a message to Farage and his backers at the ballot box – if you don’t want this gutter politics, make sure you’re registered to vote, and then get out and vote on election day.’

A Brexit Party spokesman told Metro.co.uk: ‘Daniel is no longer with The Brexit Party and we of course condemn some of the language he has used.’