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Labour Party suspends IRA blunder councillor
FACEBOOK FAUX PAS ... Coun Florence Anderson.
A LABOUR councillor has been suspended after provoking outrage on social networking site Facebook by “liking” a comment calling for the IRA to bomb a Conservative conference.
Sunderland councillor Florence Anderson is also a member of a Facebook group titled “Margaret Thatcher doesn’t have to be dead before we give her a funeral”.
Her behaviour was branded “disgraceful” by party bosses after the former deputy leader of the council “liked” the comment “We are appealing to the IRA to find it in their hearts to bomb the next Tory conference”.
Coun Anderson has defended previous controversial outbursts, including saying she wanted Margaret Thatcher to “burn in hell”, by saying: “I’m not the deputy leader of the council on Facebook.”
She made the comment on the social networking site while the 85-year-old former Prime Minister lay in hospital receiving treatment for flu.
Conservative Coun Tony Morrissey said Coun Anderson’s suspension was “not surprising”.
He said: “Clearly, she has done it once too often for the Labour Party and they have had enough of it.
“She has been through all this before, but the message doesn’t seem to be registering.”
There were calls on social networking site Twitter for Labour leader Ed Miliband to sack Coun Anderson.
A Labour Party spokesman said: “These comments are disgraceful.
“Florence Anderson has been suspended from the Labour Party with immediate effect in light of this information.”
The Hetton ward representative, a grandmother and Newcastle United supporter, has been a city councillor since 1991.
She was unavailable for comment today.
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DisabledRights
Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 12:04 PMDazW your right. I bet the Sunderland Echo does not pick this story up. They highlighted what she had said but for some reason the Echo does not follow any of these stories through to the end.
Wavydavy
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 03:50 PMpithaspat, She should be arrested for inciting violence and terrorist activity. The same would go for you but appears you have no sense so stay in the institution you are obviously held in. Idiot.
Brian. H.
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 05:53 PMFirst of all, ALL Parliamentarians are thick and see to themselves first and the rest of us last!! Secondly, she should have known better! Thirdly, Just because you "like" something on FB doesnt mean that you condone it, all your doing by "liking" something is, giving yourself a short-cut to that particular subject without scrolling thru your personal page! Lastly, ALL Parliamentarians are thick and see to themselves first and the rest of us last!!(in my opinion)
pithaspat
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 04:01 PMComment removed by moderator
DazW
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 01:19 PMAnd why is this South Shields news?
geordie999
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:33 PMdoes not like the tory party ?.....she is not alone ... blowing them up is a bit much though .....isnt it ?
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