Tory Candidate Sam Trask Withdraws Over Past Sexual Comments

Trask's departure leaves Conservatives without a candidate in Bridgend just before nomination deadline

Sam Trask apologized for making inappropriate comments on a fitness website years ago.
The Conservative Party is now without a candidate in Bridgend a day before the nomination deadline.
Labour's Chris Elmore criticizes the Tories' candidate selection process.
The Conservatives won Bridgend from Labour in 2019 with a slim majority.
Party officials are investigating the incident and have condemned the comments.