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News and Comment April 2023

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29 April - Councillor John Davey. Tweet or Twit?

TweetSo Felix has gone and John Davey is back following suspension for an ill-judged Tweet. People have strong views about him.

Councillor John Davey took a dim view of Iranian hostage Nazarin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s criticism of Boris Johnson and Co. who she saw as prolonging her wrongful imprisonment and declared she was inclined to support the Labour Party. I suppose one cannot really blame her for such a reaction although perhaps the timing of it was a little unfortunate.

Joker John was expelled from the Tory party for his comment which seemed to me to be a little extreme given that a Cabinet Member known to have published obscene and libellous comments about four Bexley residents remains in post but for reasons unknown John Davey’s Tweet provoked a much stronger reaction as has his return.

The Labour Group on Bexley Council has published their longest Press Release ever which provides a fulsome critique of Councillor Davey’s comment and the background to their complaint. (PDF.) Extract below.
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Like most people I was wholly supportive of Nazarin and her husband in their struggle for justice against Government intransigence - the failure to return the money owed to Iran - and blogged about it more than once but like John was disappointed by her comments.

Maybe because I have been called a racist by a Labour activist - fascist too by another - for totally truthful comment about my MP I no longer take such accusations as seriously as I should and my opinion of this incident remains much as it was last October.

Now, if you excuse me I must go and mend my Nigerian neighbour’s fence. Why can’t we all live amicably together?

 

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