Comments on: Labour councillor banned from football matches after racist abuse

By: Praguetory

Praguetory — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:25:59 +0000

It’s just that the bit about “far right of my party” is dropped in this report. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1008/1008248_councillor_given_football_ban_.html
I don’t see how someone can be banned from football matches for racist abuse and continue to serve as a councillor. If this is the only response of the Tory leader and the district council, it is poor.

By: Will Howells

Will Howells — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:20:17 +0000

The quote comes word-for-word from Wigan Today.

(Thanks, Matt.)

By: Praguetory

Praguetory — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:17:10 +0000

Are you sure you’ve got that Tory leader’s quote right as it isn’t reported like that elsewhere? (and after all you’ve already dropped one clanger in this write up).

By: Jeremy Sanders

Jeremy Sanders — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:06:18 +0000

The really strange thing is the quote from the Tory leader. Is he really saying publically that he would expect to hear racist abuse from “the far right of my own party”?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:03:14 +0000

I know most people won’t care very much and I could just let it slide, but…

Pas Chimbonda is a Spurs player, not Wigan. Of course he *was* a Wigan player.

Really odd quotes from the Tory leader!

By: Will Howells

Will Howells — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:37:03 +0000

And indeed he is. Oops. My source must have been thrown by the choice of quote in the story!

By: Dave H

Dave H — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:31:08 +0000

If you check the West Lancs DC website http://webdocs.westlancsdc.gov.uk/Coins/member/179.asp
it actually states he is a Labour councillor not Conservative!