Aide to would-be Labour mayor axed over SHOCKING tweets about women and gay people

AN AIDE to Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has been suspended over a series of offensive messages posted on social media.

Shueb Salar sent several tweets containing abusive language about women and gay people, it emerged last night.

Mr Salar, a parliamentary assistant to the ex-minister, has been suspended from Mr Khan's parliamentary office pending an investigation.

A spokeswoman for the mayoral hopeful, who will go head-to-head with Tory Zac Goldsmith on May 5, said they were "serious issues"

In one message, posted in May 2012, Mr Salar said "currently hating on all you faggots who have finished uni", adding: "lucky c****".

A post from June 2012 read "f*** all you hoes" while a message from April 2012 suggested the way to "treat a lady" was to "buy her a nice iron and extend the kitchen for her".

Mr Salar started working for Mr Khan in his Westminster office in November 2014, after the offensive messages had been put on social media.

But Cabinet minister Chris Grayling questioned Mr Khan's judgment in employing someone who had published the comments.

The Commons Leader said: "These comments have absolutely no place in modern society.

"They raise serious questions about the judgement of Sadiq Khan who chose to employ this man despite his views being public, on a Twitter account followed by Khan himself."

Mr Salar's Twitter account was terminated after Mr Khan was contacted by the Mail on Sunday last night.

A spokesman for Mr Khan said: "Clearly these are serious issues. Shueb Salar has been suspended from Sadiq Khan's parliamentary office pending an investigation."

Mr Salar declined to comment.