Tory politician’s wife jailed for race hate post
Sourced from XThe wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire.
Lucy Connolly, whose husband Raymond serves on West Northamptonshire Council, posted the expletive-ridden message on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the day three girls were killed in Southport.
The 41-year-old childminder called for “mass deportation now” and added: “If that makes me racist, so be it.”
She has been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court, having previously admitted intending to stir up racial hatred.
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