Former Tory Candidate Jack Ross Suspended After Alleged Contract-Killing Discussions

Jack Ross, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate and chief executive of Turning Point UK (TPUK), was suspended from the party after undercover footage showed him describing the cost of hiring contract killers and offering to “broker” such services. In the recording, Ross asked an Al Jazeera journalist, “What do you want done?” He also indicated willingness to connect a Glasgow activist with paramilitary links to potential clients. Police Scotland said the documentary will be reviewed for any criminality.

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Turning Point UK is a spin-off of the U.S. campaign group founded by the late commentator Charlie Kirk. Ross’s profile on the Bow Group, a Conservative think-tank, lists him as a research fellow who has advised MPs on political and digital strategy. He has been photographed with senior Tory figures such as Boris Johnson, James Cleverly, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Liam Fox. TPUK’s chief operating officer, Nick Tenconi, is the leader of the far-right UK Independence Party and has previously attended Conservative Party conferences alongside Ross. The pair were filmed outlining plans to use football hooligans and street demonstrations to “build an army” for the “new right.”

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A Conservative Party spokesperson confirmed that Ross’s party membership was suspended with immediate effect pending an investigation and declined further comment. Police Scotland acknowledged awareness of the Al Jazeera documentary and said it would be assessed for any criminal conduct. No formal charges have been announced at this stage.

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• “Mr Ross’s membership of the Conservative party has been suspended with immediate effect pending an investigation. We cannot comment further while the investigation is ongoing.” — Conservative party spokesperson

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• “So let Labour get in. So we build the new right and we have these armies … so, three-pronged. We keep winning MPs over. Then we build the second prong, we build an army, and that’s street demos, protest, just fuck things up, basically.” — Nick Tenconi

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