The wife of a British politician has been arrested for racial hatred after saying rioters should set fire to all the migrant hotels.
Lucie Connolly, who works as a childminder in Northamptonshire, made vile tweet with the phrase: ‘if that makes me racist, so be it.’
HER HORRIBLE POST
Posting on X, Connolly said: ‘Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b******* for all I care, while you’re at it take the treacherous government and politicians with them.
‘I feel physically sick knowing what these families will now have to endure. If that makes me racist, so be it.’
THE SOUTHPORT STABBING
The message was posted just hours after the death of three girls, aged six, seven, and nine, at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport.
The horror knife rampage sparked a slew of misinformation that spread like wildfire online fuelled by Russian-linked fake news.
She has since deleted her post and blamed it on ‘a moment of extreme outrage and emotion’ when she was acting on ‘false and malicious’ information.
Her husband Raymond, who is vice chair of the committee on adult social care at West Northamptonshire Council, responded to the BBC by saying his wife is not racist because she looks after ‘Somalian and Bangladeshi kids’.
Northamptonshire Police said that a 41-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after reports of a hate crime regarding a social media post.
MORE SANCTIONS
Online childcare community Childcare.co.uk have since confirmed that they have suspended Connolly following the tweet, after allegations emerged she had an advert on their platform.
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THE VIOLENT RIOTS
It comes after violent riots have exploded across several cities including Manchester, Liverpool, Plymouth, and Birmingham following the Southport knife rampage which claimed the lives of three young girls and left many others injured.
And just days ago gangs of masked thugs descended on hotels believed to be housing migrants and asylum seekers, with many starting fire to the buildings as they threw petrol bombs and projectiles at police.
WORDS FROM HER HUSBAND
Approached by the BBC, Cllr Connolly defended his wife, saying that his wife had made one ‘stupid, spur of the moment tweet out of frustration and quickly deleted it’.
‘She’s a good person and she’s not racist. She’s got Somalian and Bangladeshi kids she looks after and she loves them like they’re her own,’ he said on her behalf.
