Unusual Switches of Allegiance

[Adam in Stroud]

Dec 11, 2016 23:03:11 GMT hedgehog said:

Her tweets appear to be those of a very angry person,

Aren't they all?

[Adam in Stroud]

Incidentally, possibly the right place to note that this bloke:

Former Stroud Labour councillor Mark Rees defects to Conservatives to fight County Council seat.

www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/14856583.Former_Stroud_Labour_councillor_Mark_Rees_defects_to_Conservatives_to_stand_in_county_council_elections/

Read more: vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/1200/general-councillors-notable-defections?page=193#ixzz4SZkas3Koert quote here

... has been expelled from the Tories for alleged Islamophobia 

www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/14938235.Former_Labour_council_chairman_who_defected_to_Tories_is_dumped_by_his_new_party_for_sharing_Islamophobic_far_right_EDL_joke/

[mboy]

I struggle to see why that twitter joke is a sackable offence. I note that the report says "His personal Facebook account was also linked to various other EDL posts", and we don't know what was in those posts, but IMO that sort of post should have been dealt with by an apology and some contrition. Having said that, I could be convinced that sharing anything from the EDL could itself make the situation much more serious.

Edit: It also isnt made clear whether he was offered the chance to apologise and refused.

[Merseymike]

More likely that the Tories realised that Labour disposed of him for good reason and are engaged in damage prevention

[mboy]

True. But an unfortunate side-effect of that would be that it reinforces the impression that "You can't say anything about Muslims these days", which is food for the hard-right.