Tory MP Candidate: Women Should 'Keep Their Knickers On' to avoid rape

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The Conservative party really is scraping the barrel in it's push to the far right. The scary thing is that this clown is highly likely to get elected in Norfolk.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-mp-candidate-said-women-should-keep-their-knickers-on-during-rape-discussion_uk_5dc350bbe4b0d8eb3c8f45ff?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLzNBN3FvRUNlSVA_YW1wPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANYayVjm-tlg97gjE9mIatYYRNPaZ-2dct5v-Th-moglkGs8gWTHDrXvHddiO7TwD28oJGOJVVqwjStC-Q_i1IsVvI42PvpQpBNZu-w_iNJssGv10Nyhln8GGwjU9Gynr1BG9YCsN6gskrHtuUVFRAPwJhAYuGKv6wzjpRAramTU

The Conservative Party has picked a former BBC presenter, who once said women should keep their “knickers on” to avoid rape, as a parliamentary candidate in the general election.

Nick Conrad was chosen on Wednesday evening to stand for the Tories in the Broadland constituency in Norfolk. The 34-year-old stood down as the breakfast host on BBC Radio Norfolk in order to seek the MP nomination.

Keith Simpson, who won the seat in for the Conservatives in 2017 with a majority of over 15,000, is standing down.

In a 2014 radio conversation about footballer Ched Evans, Conrad suggested women were “partially responsible” for sexual assault. Conrad had said: “I think women need to be more aware of a man’s sexual desire. When you’re in that position that you are about to engage in sexual activity there’s a huge amount of energy in the male body. There’s a huge amount of will and intent and it’s very difficult for many men to say no when they are whipped up into a bit of a storm.” Conrad added: “It’s the old adage about if you yank a dog’s tail then don’t be surprised when it bites you.