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Another Conservative candidate in abusive comment controversy

By Mark Pack | Fri 30th April 2010 - 10:20 am

Political Scrapbook has the story:

The election is providing no shortage of time-lapse gaffes, where online activity of some vintage has come back to haunt candidates and activists alike. It’s no surprise that Stuart Penketh, the Conservative candidate for Ellesmere Port and Neston, tried to delete his Grey Funnel Line blog.

When not describing third-world debt relief as “letting tyrants off the hook”, it seemed Penketh used his blog to sling around racist insults. Likening the town of Radcliffe in Greater Manchester to war-torn Vietnam, Penketh uses the word “gook”, a derogatory term for South-East Asians:

You can read the full post here.

Posted in News | Also tagged conservative party and stuart penketh | 6 Comments

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