article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead was sacked last week. '
article_snippet.sent: We wrote to Mike Whitehead last week to say that Mike Whitehead position was untenable and could not stand for We at the General Election.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead, speaking on BBC 5 Live this morning, confirmed Mike Whitehead was sacked last week.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead said Mike Whitehead had been increasingly worried about the behaviour of the controlling group of Tories in East Yorkshire since 2011, when seven Conservative councillors from Haltemprice and Howden resigned, citing bullying and intimidation.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead added: 'In my opinion, the behaviour of the ruling group has only gotten worse since then.'
article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead said Mike Whitehead could no longer carry on 'in good conscience'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead resigned as a councillor last week in 'disgust' at local party politics .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Tories claim Mike Whitehead was sacked as a candidate last week .
  