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A Tory who wants to represent Soho - the heart of Britain's LGBT nightlife - referred to gay sex as 'immoral'.

Hillary Su is standing to be a councillor in Tory-held Westminster in what polls suggest will be a key battleground in the local elections next month.

Ms Su, who hopes to represent the West End seat which takes in Soho, was responding to a tweet questioning the "intense scrutiny of Tim Farron's stance on gay sex" in May 2017, when she made the offensive remark.

She wrote: "The right to private life, however immoral, is what free society offers - so long [as] it doesn't interfere with others or break laws."

Ms Su, who works in investment banking attacked the former Liberal Democrat leader, who was condemned for refusing to say if he believed gay sex is a sin in the run up to the election but later said he believed it was sinful, for failing to "defend his faith".

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Labour's Andrea Mann, who is a council candidate in Westminster, asked Ms Su whether she still held these views.

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She said that her views would be of concern to her potential constituents, saying: "Do you still feel the same way? Only if you're elected to be a councillor, some of the residents you represent & are a voice for will be gay. Would be good to know your thoughts."

When Ms Su was questioned about her comments she refused to deny she thought gay sex is a sin.

She said in a statement: "I do not make judgements about people’s relationships or what people do in private and it was never my intention to suggest otherwise. As a Christian, I believe we should embrace love and celebrate it wherever it is found.

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"I am proud of the Conservative Party’s record on equality, including the historic step of legalising equal marriage and I will always support equal rights and the people I represent."

In recent years increases in rates and rents in Soho has priced out many independent and LGBT bars and clubs.

Many say that the changes mean the area is losing its unique and vibrant character.

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Ms Su has previously tweeted her support for Jacob Rees-Mogg who is known for being anti-abortion and anti-LGBT.

She said the Christian traditionalist was "how a true politician should be".

Ms Su has also retweeted President Trump and his deputy, Mike Pence.

She caused controversy in January this year by saying those who care about race are "inherently racist".

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When the BBC advertised for a trainee multi-media journalist, looking for someone from a black of minority ethnic background, Su tweeted: "If race matters to you, you are inherently racist. Multi-media should be embracing the multitude of thoughts NOT multitude of skin colors. Intellectual diversity matters. Your skin color doesn't. Stop victimizing ethnic minorities BBC."

She told the Daily Mirror: " As a proud British Asian, I believe having a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds in the workplace is just as important as having a diversity of races."