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A far right Tory activist who campaigned with a Scottish Conservative MP candidate has been suspended from the party for alleged racism.

Lorraine Cullen, who generated vile Islamaphobic social media posts, campaigned beside Moray MP Douglas Ross and nominated failed Tory candidate Fiona Fawcett to represent Inverness in Westminster.

In her sinister posts she said she “loathed” Islam and suggested religious leaders such as Imams, teach Muslim men how to have sex with babies and even the “nice Muslims next door, hate the unbelievers”.

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Cullen, 47, from Inverness wrote it was “my thoughts exactly” when a facebook friend said “the western world is white. Built by white people for white people”.

She urged people to read the Kalergi Plan, a far-right, anti-semitic, white nationalist conspiracy theory, which states there is a plot to wipe out white Europeans with other races via immigration.

And she posted propaganda videos from fascist sites including on the “Great Replacement”, a conspiracy theory that Arab, Berber and sub-Saharan Muslim populations from Africa and the Middle East plan to commit white genocide by substitution.

Cullen, who is a bespoke hat designer and accomplished equestrian, spreads fake news such as Scotland being swamped by Muslims, despite the group making up only 1.4 per cent of the country’s population.

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And she advocates the UK stop immigration to save the NHS, while migrant medics, including Muslims, have died on the frontline of our health services in the battle against the Coronavirus.

In her coterie of far right facebook friends she incites hateful discussions demonising Muslims.

In one of her posts, she criticises Muslims for not wanting dead loved ones to be cremated during the coronavirus crisis as it is considered sacrilege prompting one Facebook friend to suggest they should be “cremated in groups, until they are all gone”.

A fundamentalist Brexiteer, she accused the European Union of being in an “unholy alliance with Islam” to subvert Western culture.

She reposted a statement which said: “All we have to talk about now is blacks, Jews, Muslims and their feelings.”

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She also despises environmentalists and described campaigner Greta Thunberg as the “epitome of the Hitler youth”, picturing her beside a Nazi propaganda poster girl.

Last November she posted a picture of her out campaigning in Forres for Douglas Ross MP, to keep his Moray seat.

And she was one of only ten selected people who signed nomination papers for Conservative candidate and GP Fiona Fawcett in the 2019 General Election.

Last night Dr Fawcett refused to comment on how well she knew Cullen.

She said: “I am only aware that this is an internal disciplinary process and it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this time.”

Mr Ross also refused to comment.

Cullen portrays herself as an upstanding member of her community council which in its constitution states all those on the committee “should aim to represent all people in the area without prejudice.”

Cullen was on a dossier compiled by the campaign group Hope Not Hate showing anti-Muslim online comments made by Tory members.

Last night a spokesman for the Conservative party in Scotland said it hand suspended her.

He said: “We suspended Lorraine Cullen as soon as we received the information. A disciplinary process will take place in due course.”

The list contains more than 20 names, from across the UK but the Conservatives have not confirmed how many members have been suspended.

The Conservatives launched an inquiry into Islamophobia and other forms of prejudice within the party at the end of last year - following allegations there was a widespread problem in its ranks.

Cullen is a devoted fan of Boris Johnson who has also been accused of Islamaphobia after he compared Muslim women to “post boxes”.

Last night Cullen said she had no idea why she had been suspended.

She said: “I got an email from the Conservatives telling me I had been suspended with no explanation.”

Anas Sarwar MSP, chair of Holyrood’s Cross Party Group on Tackling Islamophobia, said:“These Islamophobic comments are unacceptable and the Scottish Conservatives have taken the right course of action by suspending the individual.

“There is absolutely no place in society for intolerance and racism.

“No party is immune to racism, and every party must work harder to tackle Islamophobia, antisemitism and all forms of prejudice and hate.”