Left is showing its true bigoted colours

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 any right-thinking person, it would be a source of great pride that no fewer than 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, however. In their twisted world, bigotry doesn’t count if the victim is Tory.

So Labour activists and supporters 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.

For all the shortcomings of the Conservative Party, its record on minority recruitment has been superb.

Open to talent, rather than flawed, tokenistic schemes such as quotas or positive discrimination, all are judged on their merits.

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

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

And Labour’s current frontbench? It’s overwhelming 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 and do a good job.