Thursday,
October 23, 2008
Pasty Faced Effete British Tory Reinstated
after Likening Italians to "Greasy Wops"
The
ANNOTICO Report
Alun Cairns, a Welsh assembly
member, was suspended from the position of the Vale of Glamorgan
candidate, when he likened Italians to "greasy wops" during a BBC
radio show on June 15, 2008.
He has now been
reinstated.
Italian Row
Tory is Re-instated
BBC
News
October
22, 2008
A Conservative
politician who likened Italians to "greasy wops" during a BBC radio
show has been reinstated as a general election candidate.
Alun Cairns, a Welsh assembly
member, was suspended from the position of the Vale of Glamorgan
candidate.
But on Wednesday,
he was re-instated and also appointed as the party
Mr Cairns said he was
pleased the issue was resolved and hoped people would now "judge me on my
actions".
He resigned as
education spokesman and chair of the assembly
Mr Cairns likened Italians
to "greasy wops" in a radio discussion on Euro 2008.
His general
election candidacy was suspended while the Conservative Party held an
investigation into the comments.
Following the
news that he was a candidate and party spokesman again, Mr
Cairns said: "I am pleased this issue has been resolved and hope people
will now judge me on my actions.
"I know I
have a huge amount of work to do in the Vale of Glamorgan
and look forward to working with the community to explain how Conservative
policies can make a positive difference to their lives.
"I am also
looking forward to resuming frontbench duties in the assembly and to holding
the Labour-Plaid Cymru
(assembly) government to account for the woefully inadequate way in which it is
funding councils across
Welsh
Conservative leader Nick Bourne said Mr Cairns was
"a politician of considerable experience and talent who has the respect
and confidence of assembly colleagues and the wider party".
Shadow Welsh
Secretary Cheryl Gillan praised Mr
Cairns for having "a proven track record of getting things done".
"He has
worked tirelessly in the Vale of Glamorgan and the
national assembly to serve the interests of local people," she said.
But a Labour spokesperson said the decision "shows the true
face of the Conservative Party under David Cameron, which is the same old nasty
party we know them to be".
"Cameron is
incapable of taking tough decisions - as this decision proves," he said .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7685168.stm
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