I have just
heard the shocking news that my
colleague Thanet Councillor, John Worrow, has received a homophobic death threat in the
post. I understand that he has reported this threat to the Police. This latest
incident follows a nasty homophobic telephone message left on John’s phone last
year, in which Thanet Councillor Ken Gregory said “I hope you get AIDs”.
Gregory was cautioned by the Police.
Like John or
loathe him. Thanet Councillors cannot stand by and allow an elected representative
to face unprecedented abuse and threats.
I call on the
Leader of Thanet Council, Clive Hart, the Leader of the Opposition Bob Bayford and
the leaders of the Independent groups to prepare a joint statement signed by
all their Councillors which condemns homophobic threats and abuse.
As one of the
first Council’s in England and the only Council in Kent to have voted to support equal
marriage, we can no longer stay silent in the face of bigotry and threats of violence or death.
Enough is enough.
Hi Ian best of luck with the blog, I tried adding a link to my sidebar but can’t get it work at the moment which makes me wonder if your feeds are configured correctly.
ReplyDeleteNasty business hate mail, lets hope the police get to the bottom of it.
It is a pretty gutless sort of person that sends anonymous hate mail so best ignored. In the main they get their kicks from the reaction, after all they are hardly expecting a reply, so a mix a media coverage and council statements of condemnation are fuel to their phobia. Such is more likely to produce another such letter whereas nothing hurts quite as much as being totally ignored.
ReplyDeleteA death threat is a death threat, as we know, Worrow is adept at making anything a "homophobic" attack. Treat it as any other threat to councillor, hardly a new thing and move on, Driver and Worrow will do ANYTHING to see their name in the media!
ReplyDeleteIf you think that hate is going to be ignored, you are in for a rude shock bigot
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