A Labour councillor has resigned after a collection of offensive tweets resurfaced about Black, Muslim, Arab and transgender individuals.
Amongst a collection of unearthed social media posts, Philip Regular, who was the mayor of Lambeth in south London between 2020 and 2021, tweeted: “Why do some Muslim girls stroll like penguins? I’m not being imply? As a result of I do know there’s a problem within the healthcare system there…”
The identical 12 months, 2011, the 39-year-old posted a message criticising a “huge Black man” for taking over room on a bus, including the hashtag “he’s not sucking my d**ok”.
He went on to explain Whitechapel, in east London, as being an “aggressively Muslim” neighbourhood in a tweet in January 2013.
In a press release posted through Twitter on Thursday, Mr Regular wrote: “I’ve right now resigned as a Lambeth councillor and a Lambeth Labour candidate for Oval ward. I wish to apologise once more to everybody who I’ve brought on deep damage and ache to as a consequence of my previous social media posts.
“I’m proud to have been a ward councillor for Oval and Mayor of Lambeth and I’m sorry that my previous actions from earlier than I used to be elected have undermined the optimistic work that Lambeth Labour councillors do to advance equality in our numerous communities.”
He had beforehand apologised and promised to have a interval of “studying and reflection”.
Mr Regular garnered widespread reward final 12 months for his It’s a Sin-themed ‘La’ t-shirts which raised half 1,000,000 kilos for HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Belief
Among the many many offensive tweets which have resurfaced, the native politician tweeted on 7 July 2011: “Muslim extremists on the overground appear to like Capri-sun!” He additionally referred to a person as a “furry Arab” and used the slur “tr***y” in reference to transgender individuals,
The Labour Social gathering declined to remark when contacted by The Impartial.
Mr Regular’s resignation comes after repeated issues raised by marginalised teams that the Labour Social gathering is failing to deal with racism inside its personal ranks.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
