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Behind the Aegis

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Tue Aug 13, 2019, 12:38 AM Aug 2019

(Jewish Group) Labour expels councillor who wrote 'F**king Jews' were 'never skint' on Facebook

Labour has expelled a councillor in Northumberland after he posted a series of rants on Facebook, including "“trust the F**king Jews there [sic] never skint”.

Another post by David Walls, who sits on Blyth Town Council, called called asylum seekers “boat people”.

Cllr Walls was suspended in April 2018 but was only expelled on Thursday.

In an email to local party members, Cllr John Potts, Secretary of Blyth Valley Constituency Labour Party, said the charges against Cllr Walls “have been found proved".

In various posts, Cllr Walls often went on extended, expletive-filled rants. He wrote in one: "Greece, the ASYLUM SEEKERS AND BOAT PEOPLE, WHY THE F**K ARE THE ITV SHOWING US AN EU PROBLEM, WE HAVE VOTED TO LEAVE, NOT OUT F**KIN [sic] PROBLEM ITS EU, NOT UK PROBLEM F**K OFF ITV NEWS YOU MUPPETS.”

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More and more brazen...yet, it is all in our heads.

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(Jewish Group) Labour expels councillor who wrote 'F**king Jews' were 'never skint' on Facebook (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2019 OP
I wish more people cared about this. This is coming our way big time. grossproffit Aug 2019 #1
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