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From 24dash.com:

A Tory councillor came under fire tonight for praising former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith as a “great and wise” leader.

Richard Willis – a member of Reading Borough Council and aide to local MP Rob Wilson – insisted Mr Smith’s white minority government had been “benign and successful”.

The death of 88-year-old Mr Smith, who was regarded by many as a white supremacist, was announced yesterday.

In spite of international sanctions and opprobrium, he held power for 14 years after illegally declaring independence from Britain in the 1960s…

In comments added to the politicalbetting.com website, Mr Willis defended Mr Smith’s record

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As the BBC reports:

Raghib Ahsan, a councillor in Sparkhill, Birmingham, for seven years, claimed discrimination by a selection panel before the 1998 local elections.

The House of Lords accepted his appeal against a court ruling which rejected his claim he had been discriminated for being a Pakistani candidate.

It restored an employment tribunal’s decision that found in his favour…

Lord Hoffman said the Court of Appeal had been wrong to overturn the employment tribunal’s decision.

He said the court seemed to be saying it would be acceptable to discriminate against a Pakistani candidate if the panel held no racist views but thought

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This is one story about another party that I wish weren’t true. From The Mirror:

George Hollingbery, a Tory councillor in Winchester , Hants, has sparked fury by calling the death of Lib Dem colleague Sue Fitzgerald “very useful”.

Sue died suddently at the weekend, aged just 52. To his credit, the Conservative Leader of Winchester Council, George Beckett, gave a rather more appropriate reaction:

Both councillors and staff of Winchester City Council have been sad to hear of the sudden death of Cllr Sue Fitzgerald. After living in her ward of Wickham for over 20 years she took a keen

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