Councillor in huff over his nations flag? Or perhaps it's just over women? Or over women and flags? We ask which it is.

Now here's a fascinating insight into the mind of a New Labour Councillor:

I would have thought a picture of a young blue-eyed, blonde woman wrapped in the Union Flag was the sort of thing one would expect on the Freedom Association (or worse, the BNP) site rather than a serious political blog.

Now, considering the fact that Councillor Bob Piper is a member of an apparently strongly unionist party and presumably has nothing specifically against women, blondes, and people with blue eyes, we have to ask of him what exactly does he mean by his objection?

Still, it could get worse:

Whatever next.. a young woman in a PVC cat suit carrying a whip in one hand and a cross of St George flag in the other? (no, no, not you Mrs T.) Perhaps someone could explain the reasoning.

Erm no Councillor, perhaps you could explain yours. I grant you that overly sexual overtones on a political site are largely not appropriate (unless that site happens to be Westminster I suppose) but I fail to see any relevance in the references he makes to the flag of the British Union (of which his party is an extremely strong supporter) or the Cross of St. George (which his party is at its wits end trying to find reasons to ignore it).

Posted by John at March 6, 2006 01:49 PM | TrackBack