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SALFORD LABOUR COUNCILLOR IN FURTHER SOCIAL MEDIA INDISCRETION
 

Star date: 23rd February 2020

COUNCILLOR WHO NEEDS AN ASTERISK PERMANENTLY ABOVE HIS HEAD

Senior Labour Councillor, Mike McCusker, already in hot water over his 'Tory pigs' comment last week, could find himself again falling foul of the Salford Monitoring Officer, as a new social media post has emerged with him swearing like a trouper at Irish Fine Gael politicians.

While the Salford Councillor has apologised over what he calls 'Pig Gate', there was "No apologies to you t***s" this time!"

Full details here..

Rebecca Long Bailey Twitter post with Councillor McCusker
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Dear oh dear, if ever a councillor needed a permanent asterisk over his head it's Councillor Mike McCusker, a senior member of Salford Council who is Executive Support for Planning, Housing and Sustainable Development.

McCusker is already being investigated after reports to the Council's monitoring officer for his 'Tory pigs' comment on social media last week.* Now a new post on his social media timeline has emerged with a photo showing Irish Fine Gael leader, Leo Varadkar, after he resigned following the country's election. The accompanying comment states...

"I may have offended Fine Gail (sic) and Leo Varadkar with this post. That was my intention you Blue Shirt bastards..."

While McCusker offered his "fullest apologies" for what he calls "Pig Gate", this time his post about Fine Gael adds "No apologies to you t***s..."

Whether this sets a good example for elected members in Salford will be decided by the Monitoring Officer...
 
18 months ago, when McCusker was elected a councillor for Eccles in a local by-election, Labour Party leadership contender and Salford and Eccles MP, Rebecca Long Bailey, wrote on Twitter that he would "do Eccles proud"...hmmmm.

Salford Council's 'Social media policy and guidelines for councillors' clearly states: "You must not...Publish content in an abusive manner or in any way which can be seen as unacceptable behaviour..."

Looks like Salford City Council's Standards Committee is going to be very busy over the next few weeks!


* For full details see previous Salford Star article: Salford Labour Councillor To Be Investigated Over 'Tory Pigs' Comment – click here 

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at 06:16:06 on 25 February 2020
yes slurp dont think mr mcusker can do much for the english its up to johnsons tory party they hold power have done for a decade now increasing poverty homelessness and foodbanks along the way piling up the english dead dying on the streets .still with a budget coming soon hope is on its way no bedroom tax to pay full housing benefit ending council tax payments of jsa claiments on 73 pound 60 pence per week ending homelessness by building a million council houses per year for rent raising pensions and ending pensioner poverty raising money by targeting tax evaders ending hospital waiting lists getting rid of nuclear weapons current cost 200 billion pounds and spending the money on children and education making sure people who have bought an house dont have to sell it to pay for there health care cos an english mans home is his castle and the tory party and mr johnson can spend our money on more train lines tram routes and lots of buses oh and we have been promised 45 brand new hospitals by boris oh oh oh issues .
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Slurp wrote
at 19:18:07 on 24 February 2020
Any chance of Mr McCusker devoting a little bit of time to doing something about Eccles town centre's endless spiral of decline? You know! That once reasonably nice place that has been turned into a hideous human sump-largely by Salford Labour. Or has he given up and decided the politics of a foreign country are a more worthy recipient of his wisdom, time and sagacity. To be fair this is the current state of the Labour Party from the bottom feeders to the political pygmies aspiring to be leader. They are spending their time and energy on stuff that none of the rest of us are interested in. Ireland ? You're having me on !!! If you're more interested in irrelevance like this please stand down and make way for someone who will focus on the stuff local people are bothered about. You know - English stuff.
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at 08:18:14 on 24 February 2020
Felse has already played the "I was sexually abused as a child " card, the "I'm a homosexual " card and the "I'm a Jew" card. I dont think even Mr Felse would stoop to to level of claiming Irish ancestry though!
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Terry D wrote
at 07:47:37 on 24 February 2020
It will of course be brushed under the carpet, they'll look after their own.
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at 07:46:24 on 24 February 2020
OMG. Did the guy not realise Felsey’s mother is from Irish family.
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john wrote
at 17:06:11 on 23 February 2020
bored of petty name calling making headlines, But real crimes and issues are just ignored.Lets deal with real issues from all partys.
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