Yorkshire election Tory candidate resigns after sharing photos of children’s club nights

A Tory election candidate has resigned after being exposed for organizing club nights for children from the age of 13, as he shared an image in which the girls appear to have the words ‘exfied’ and ‘b***h ” on the chest.

Adam Gregg, a former Kirklees councilor who fell out with Premier Rishi Sunak, organized parties for teenagers. The 43-year-old posted inappropriate images of youngsters in scantily clad school uniforms on social media and even posted a picture of children kissing, reports The Mirror.

But he has since withdrawn his candidacy after being confronted. Just minutes before today’s deadline for nominations, he revealed he was standing down – saying “the events were of their time and I can understand how they might be viewed differently in today’s world”.

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He is the second Tory election candidate to quit in two days after another quit when The Mirror exposed his lurid sexual comments about women. In one snap on Gregg’s Facebook, a girl had a message scrawled on her shirt that said “if you want me guys come.” And he once joked about how his teenage club night was promoted at a school with a banner.

Elsewhere, Gregg was pictured online in 2016 holding roses next to the ‘Miss Roadblock’ winner at a children’s night out. And a flyer for the event for 13-17-year-olds in Hull in 2016 asked: “All ladies, please arrive stunning!” The £5 event has been billed as having the ‘Best for the it Crowd’, promising the ‘Miss Roadblock 2016’ winner will receive a professional photoshoot and beauty makeover.

Gregg, who was a Tory councilor in Kirklees, stood in the new West Yorkshire seat of Spen Valley against Labour’s Kim Leadbeater, who held a slim majority in the Batley and Spen constituency. Gregg was a director of Roadblock Clubbing and Dance Paradise Promotions, Companies House records show. Both companies are now dissolved.

Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s shadow paymaster general, said: “Another day another Tory candidate exposed… This adds to growing concerns about the caliber of candidates Rishi Sunak has been forced to choose them”.

Gregg appears to have uploaded photos from previous teenage club nights as part of an effort to promote a reunion club night in 2016. In a ‘Dance Paradise Memories’ group, a message from Gregg said: ” You were a Hull teenager in the 2000s. Do you remember going to Dance Paradise in LA, Heaven and Hell and Position?

“Packed with up to 2000 high school clubbers. Dance Paradise has run all over the place but it has been in Hull where some of our biggest and best parties have taken place!… As the organizer of all these fantastic events it gives me Great pleasure to start to release thousands of photos and videos of events from this era today.”

On Facebook, Gregg uploaded a picture believed to be from a 2006 Facebook event showing two young girls with what appear to be the words “HORNY” and “B***H” written in glitter paint in the dark on the chest. The picture was tagged in the logo in the corner “dance paradise reunion”.

In another snap uploaded to Gregg’s account, a group of girls posed, including two with bare midriffs in school uniforms. The picture is believed to be from a night out in 2007. And another snap he uploaded showed two girls, one wearing a school outfit with words scrawled on it, including “if you want me guys come”.

The image, believed to be from a night out in 2008, had the logo ‘Dance Paradise reunion’ in the corner. In July 2016, Gregg posted on Facebook about how he was “thinking about all the good times”. In the post, which accompanied images of a banner at a school, he wrote: ‘Who remembers David Lister School? Maybe we overstepped the mark by putting a Dance Paradise banner on their gates,” adding: “What do you think?” In a comment below, Gregg added: “haha at lunch time we wanted to get our message across, when the kids went back to school surprisingly no teachers said anything!”

Gregg said: “I was a young promoter trying to build a business that was very successful and was one of a number of companies running similar events. If anyone felt that the events they attended, the promotion or the photos from the events were inappropriate, I sincerely apologize. These events were of their time and I can understand how they might be viewed differently in today’s world. I have withdrawn my candidacy from the general election to ensure that this matter does not in any way affect the party’s efforts to win the Spen Valley. chair and I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart everyone who helped me during the campaign.”

The Conservative Party has been contacted for comment.