Hoiday Snap Of A Liberal Democrat Councillor And Magistrate

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590036/Liberal-Democrat-councillor-magistrate-poses-photograph-AK-47-ASSAULT-RIFLE.html

Should he now be 'fired'?

What I can't understand, this has been his profile picture on Twitter since September but it is said that it has only recently been brought to light.

His excuse was "I am running for election this year and I think the opposition have picked it up and are trying to summon up some dirt about it".

[sandyRoe]

Who knows, he might have been about to go tiger hunting. You'll remember the Tory, Willie Whitelaw, shot a beater on some grouse moor. Nobody called for him to be fired.

[LazyGun]

Personally I use guns fairly regularly, but I fail to see the attraction at all in being photographed holding a gun of any description, so I cannot understand quite why this guy felt the need to be photographed holding one - but why should it create such a furore?

[sandyRoe]

And gun fans will surely be up in arms when they notice its rusty. If he tried to use it could it blow up in his face?

[jno]

LG, it creates a furore because he is a man with a non-white skin and a beard and is therefore probably a terrorist. Shariah law for Britain is just around the corner, as you know.

[anotheoldgit]

sandyRoe

How can you say that it is rusty?

[sandyRoe]

It looks rusty to me, AOG.

[anotheoldgit]

LazyGun

/// but why should it create such a furore? ///

I bet it would have if it had been Nigel Farage posing in such a way.

[ummmm]

Why should he be fired?

[naomi24]

It's in poor taste. He's an idiot.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// it creates a furore because he is a man with a non-white skin and a beard and is therefore probably a terrorist. Shariah law for Britain is just around the corner, as you know. ///

Can we quote you on that statement?

[anotheoldgit]

sandyRoe

/// Images of Farage with a gun would be very disturbing because, in the minds of some, he seems the sort of man who might one day go on a shooting spree ///

You may disagree with his politics but that is a shocking thing to say, I only hope for you that his lawyers don't see what you have put.

[Gromit]

A councillor cannot be fired, but his party can de-select him and the voters can not vote for him. I doubt he would lose his 'job' as a magistrate over a photo taken in another country.

But why would his party de-select him? The weapon wasn't his. It was not in this country. Was not illegal as far as we know. It was not fired or used illegally.

Not sure it is the right image for the LibDems though. More suited to Vladamir Putin's Party.

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

/// Why should he be fired? ///

Because this man is a magistrate, do we need persons of his 'mind set' put in a position to judge others?

[LazyGun]

"I bet it would have if it had been Nigel Farage posing in such a way."

Why? You still have not explained why you think any media furore over this picture is warranted, nor what is so disturbing about it.

Like I say, some wannabee politician holding a gun would not persuade me to vote for them, so I think it more a symptom of juvenile macho- ness more than anything else - but why is it a "firing" offence?

I suspect jno has the right of it.

[LazyGun]

I can only speak from personal experience here, but I know 2 judges sort of socially, both of whom shoot regularly - clay pidgeons and hunting mostly, but one attends a firing range too - and both have probably got photographs of them with a gun in hand. Are you saying that neither of these guys should be considered suitable material for being a magistrate?

[DrFilth]

holiday snap of a tory

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2mb38n&;s=8#.UzQRUoXsxx0

[Gromit]

If only posing with a machine gun WAS a sackable offence....

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/22/article-0-12906535000005DC-9_634x424.jpg

[Gromit]

Snap Dr Filth.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// A councillor cannot be fired, ///

Actually it was a play on words hence the apostrophes.

But regardless of that I was referring to him being fired as magistrate.