TORY councillors walked out of a debate on the war between Israel and Hamas – branding their opponents, including one Jewish councillor,…
TORY councillors walked out of a debate on the war between Israel and Hamas – branding their opponents, including one Jewish councillor, “extremists”.councillors, Thomas Kerr and John Daly, refused to take part in a cross-party debate on the matter on Thursday and instead issued a statement claiming the council was not speaking with “one voice” on the matter.
It read: “It is with great disappointment that Glasgow City Council will not speak with one voice on this today.“That is why the Glasgow Conservatives will not take part in today’s debate. “We make no apologies for taking this stance and we wholeheartedly stand by Glasgow’s Jewish communities at this frightening time for them.”Councillors – minus the two Conservatives members – agreed on a composite motion which argued “against extremism” and expressed the city’s “solidarity with everyone affected by the awful ongoing situation in Gaza”.
Another council source added: “This is a couple of dickheads grandstanding and wanting to make tubthumping points for a very base audience.”
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