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A Tory local election candidate was sacked from his 30-year career after complaining about “retards” and declaring “it’s bleeding f***ing Karachi round here” outside an Asian shop.

Ex-UKIP councillor Nick Farmer wants to be re-elected for the Conservatives on Thursday in Wakefield, West Yorkshire - barely a year after losing his job as a senior firefighter.

A tribunal judge ruled his behaviour was “inexcusable” and he “was entirely to blame for his misfortune” after he was sacked for gross misconduct on January 9 last year.

It comes as a second Tory candidate was suspended today for sharing a photo of bacon on Facebook with the caption: “Protect your house from terrorism”.

A third was suspended over a local election leaflet claiming Labour had “delivered hepatitis” to his local area.

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The allegations against Mr Farmer emerged after he brought a failed unfair dismissal claim against West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.

A two-day employment tribunal heard Mr Farmer, who joined the authority in 1987, was sacked after managers caught him making “offensive” remarks on CCTV inside a fire engine cab.

A transcript showed to the tribunal quoted him saying: “Oh yeah, we’re dementia friendly now… what about being retard friendly as well? Let’s have every sticker, every disease on the back of here… unbelievable.”

And outside an Asian supermarket, he said: “It’s bleeding f***ing Karachi round here”.

Both comments, along with remarks he made about a senior manager, were included in the grounds for his dismissal.

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Mr Farmer later argued the word “retarded” was “not offensive” and he made Karachi comment after seeing a white person urinating, the tribunal heard.

He also said he was bullied, the target of “witch hunt”, prescribed antidepressants and sacked six months before retirement despite having an “unblemished record”.

But Ian Brandwood, the fire authority’s chief employment services officer, turned down an appeal saying the ‘retard’ comment was “crass at best and objectively offensive”.

Tribunal judge Deborah Licorish dismissed Mr Farmer’s claim, finding his conduct was “inexcusable” and he “was entirely to blame for his misfortune”.

Mr Farmer told the Mirror he was appealing the judgement saying: “I was bullied to a point of having a nervous breakdown. It was a complete witch hunt against me from day one when I got elected [for UKIP] in 2014.”

He added: “It’s not just a one way story.”

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Asked about his comments, he said: “I haven’t got a clue because I was swearing all the time, anybody that spoke to me I was swearing, anybody that came up to me I was swearing.

"I’ve got statements that say I was breaking down crying.”

Asked if the comments were appropriate he said: “I think people make comments about lots of things don’t they.

“And it was quite remarkable because a lot of my friends, our Asian friends, said it’s completely out of character.

“What it was, it was basically me crying out for help if you really want to know. In the public sector many people get bullied and harassed, and I was singled out.”