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Stephen Tall

Lib Dem councillor in ‘Nazi outfit’ row cleared

By Stephen Tall | Thu 12th March 2009 - 6:52 pm

A couple of weeks ago, LDV highlighted the case of Sean Aspey, a Lib Dem councillor in Bridgend, who suddenly found himself caught in the headlights of the press after pictures showing him dressed as a Nazi for a fancy dress party (with an ‘Allo ‘Allo theme) were posted first on Facebook, then published in newspapers. Local Lib Dem party chiefs suspended him temporarily while an internal inquiry into the affair was carried out.

As I commented at the time:

There appears to have been an absurd over-reaction to this case which, sad to say, qualifies for categorisation under that ultra-cliché

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