Lots of people want their Gollywogs back in a big way including a (Spoiler alert) former Labour Party official.
Hat tip: @BlackGermans Source: Metro
A senior Labour councillor has given her support to a campaign to ‘Bring Back the Golliwog’. Lynn Sterry, chair of the Standards Committee at Forest of Dean district council, shared a Facebook post calling for the return of the toys.
Editor’s note: If you don’t know what a Golliwog is, consider yourself lucky. Here is the image from the Bring Back The Golliwogs campaign post shared by Sterry, chock full of Golliwogs:
Cllr Sterry claimed she shared the post innocently, after being reminded of a childhood toy – but many said that, given her role upholding professional and ethical standards at her council, she should have been well aware of how offensive the doll is.
Commenters – including fellow councillors – immediately flooded the post writing
‘LYNN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?????’
and
‘Let’s not do that’.
Panic buyers clear shelves at Asda as cold weather bites But Cllr Sterry responded:
‘It was an innocent, personal childhood memory, that’s all, and now they are trying to make me out as racist and ruin my integrity’.
Read the full story.
The spoiler alert I mentioned above: Sterry resigned.
The councillor who sparked a race row after supporting a campaign to ‘Bring Back the Golliwog’ has resigned from her post. Cllr Lynn Sterry, former chair of the Standards Committee at Forest of Dean district council, shared a Facebook post calling for the return of the racist toys.
A spokesperson for the Forest of Dean District Council told Metro.co.uk:
‘The Monitoring Officer has spoken to Councillor Lynn Sterry and as a result we can confirm that Cllr Sterry has resigned as Chair of the Forest of Dean District Council’s Standards Committee and as Chair of Cinderford Town Council.’
They added:
‘We are dismayed at the comments made by Cllr Lynn Sterry and wish to confirm that this in no way represents the views of the Forest of Dean District Council.’
Editor’s note: If you think this is an isolated incident, it is not. Read here.
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