Rob Flello has told Premier he is worried about Christians’ future in politics and will now not vote for the Lib Dems.
He’s also seeking legal advice about his treatment.
Flello was stood down as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Stoke-on-Trent in the election, 36 hours after he was voted in by the local Lib Dem branch.
He previously represented the Labour Party as an MP in the same area but lost his seat in 2017 and then left the party this year because of its leadership.
The politician said he was disappointed to see the statement issued by the Lib Dem press team to the local BBC station that said he was no longer going to be their candidate in the constituency.
The statement said: “We do our best to screen candidates in our approval process. In this case it only became clear over the past few days how greatly his values diverge from ours.”
Speaking to Premier (full interview below), Flello said: “In my view, this is just blatant discrimination on the grounds of my religious beliefs and deeply, deeply troubling as to what the implications are for Christians across the UK who will be making a decision in 29 days’ time about who they vote for and quite clearly there is a problem with practicing Christians and, it will appear, the Liberal Democrat Party.
“I have been a member of parliament for 12 years, I have well known, well documented view on issues…
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