The Labour Party has a notable recent history of not doing proper background checks on their candidates and has seemingly decided to outsource this responsibility to Guido. Today we can bring you their latest instalment from Southend, where rapper Sonny Green has been selected as a council candidate. Here’s Green pictured with the Absolute Boy:

Green has a very colourful social media history; recording all aspects of his life – from his court appearances for drug possession to assaulting police officers.

Perhaps he has reformed, and now is a stong ‘law and order’ candidate…

Labour were clearly happy that Sonny adhered to their equality commitments, despite the candidate describing the last female Prime Minister as a “dirty c*nt”, encouraging friends to troll women as slags and bitches whilst observing that some women look like they’re “asking for sex” and promising followers “I’ll take your chick, I need a bitch too practice on”. The full Jared O’Mara phrasebook of respect for women…

Perhaps he clinched his selection with this advice to the former Labour leader Ed Miliband:

Like Jared O’Mara with his history of similar comments online, Sonny is also a prominent DJ and music producer so at least he’ll have something to fall back on should the people of Southend reject him…