Politics
Conservative Party suspends candidate Jack Ross after contract-killing investigation
October 21, 2026 at 06:58 PM · Updated 19h ago
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AJAl Jazeera English
Conservative Party suspends ex-candidate filmed in Al Jazeera investigation
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TGThe Guardian
Former Tory election candidate suspended over contract killing claims
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AJAl Jazeera English
Paramilitary hitman linked to British right-wing group Turning Point UK
(opens the publisher’s site)The Conservative Party has suspended former election candidate Jack Ross after Al Jazeera filmed him discussing contract killings and introducing a reporter to a UVF-linked criminal.
- A Conservative Party spokesperson said Ross's membership was suspended with immediate effect pending an investigation.
- Al Jazeera filmed Ross naming prices for beatings, face-cutting, stabbings and shootings and for introducing its undercover reporter to Allan Nesbitt, a convicted UVF member.
- Ross denied the investigation's findings "completely," saying everything he told the undercover reporter was not meant seriously.
- Police Scotland said it will review and assess the Al Jazeera documentary for any criminality.
- Al Jazeera's investigation, launched in 2021, infiltrated Turning Point UK, the British offshoot of the US group Turning Point USA.
- Ross, who served as Turning Point UK's chief executive, introduced the undercover reporter to Nesbitt in that capacity.