Vile Left has shown its true bigoted nature

NO one preaches more piously than the Left about diversity and equality.

But when anyone holds views that don’t reflect their own political doctrines, these so-called bastions of tolerance reveal their true vicious natures.

Nothing illustrates this more graphically than their depressing and revolting treatment of the ethnic minority candidates in the Tory leadership contest.

To most people, it would be a source of great pride that six of the 11 original hopefuls were from immigrant families.

That anyone prepared to work hard and show initiative could succeed in Britain – irrespective of their skin colour.

Not to the hypocritical Left. In their twisted world, bigotry doesn’t count if the victim is Tory. So Labour activists and supporters have mocked and bombarded the contenders with repellent abuse, often in itself profoundly racist.

Such Left-wing identitarians expect ethnic minorities to toe the line or shut up – an idea they share with the BNP.

Whatever faults the Conservative Party has, its record on minority recruitment has been superb. Open to talent, not tokenistic schemes such as quotas or positive discrimination, all are judged on merit.

But this should be no surprise. The Tories had the first ethnic minority prime minister in Jewish Benjamin Disraeli.

They’ve had two female PMs, while not one woman has led Labour. When Boris Johnson chose the most diverse Cabinet in history, Labour had an anti-Semite in charge.

And Labour’s current frontbench? It’s overwhelmingly male, pale and stale (and led by a weapons-grade dud to boot).

The truth is, for all Tory supporters care their next leader could be a green Martian – just as long as they are honest, imaginative and do a good job.