Conservative councillor suspended for offensive tweets over Eurovision vote
 

A Conservative councillor has been suspended for tweeting offensive comments about Irish people during the Eurovision Song Contest.
Nick Harrington, who also sits as a magistrate, was clearly moved to anger after the Irish judges failed to vote for UK entry Lucie Jones.
In his ire, he tweeted: "#Eurovision2017 thanks Ireland. You can keep your ********** gypsies! Hard border coming folks!"
Unsurprisingly his comments drew angry calls to the police and Warwick District Council - as well as a slew of remarks on his Twitter feed.
His Twitter account was deleted after the post, but not before it had been screen grabbed and shared across social media.
Warwick District Council leader Andrew Mobbs suspended Mr Warrington for six months pending a full investigation.
In a statement the council said: "We apologise unreservedly for the offence and upset that his comments have caused."
Police are also investigating the tweet sent from the councillor's account after complaints from members of the public.
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I noticed quite a few people being confused at the concept of 'impartial' judges (impartial in inverted commas because Cyprus and Greece need to think about what they've done). Obviously an inappropriate thing to tweet, hope he gets suitably punished.

lol, they were twats for not voting for us, even australia gave us 12.

still very bitter i guess.

We've won Eurovision more times than you :hee: we don't want the cost of hosting it anymore, how desperate are you Brits :joker:

There is being impartial then down right nasty marking Lucie 20th

Ireland have won it a record 7 times :hee:

Someone has to be 20th? At least Ireland can't be accused of neighbour voting or would you rather they did that?

imagine being suspended from ur job because you had a tantrum about eurovision lol

I would rather them quit Eurovision in shame :hee:

british people always dismiss eurovision because it's political and neighbours vote for each other, then complain every time ireland doesn't give us 12 points lol

Yep got it in one Richard

Ireland can just not bother turning up when it come to #Birmingham2019

I dunno, I would have rated it higher because of how well she sung it... but when you think of the composistion, lyrics, and entertainment value of it all.. a 20th place from a few countries doesn't seem so out of place

i wish we would go back to sending trash like scooch

eurovision was entertaining many years ago

They voted the likes of Poland higher

are you poor or something :hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe:

What a moron.

He sounds like a really unbiased magistrate doesn't he?

The Eurovision is another European institution I'd like to leave. Shame we can't have a referendum on that.

Agreed. I miss the eurotrash it used to be!

We are as poor as the UK :hehe:

The UK has won 5 times, same as Sweden, its time to give other countries a shot at hosting, I don't know why the UK feels so hard done by :idc:

Do you have no joy in your soul?

It was. I looked forward to it as a kid. I may pop in to see what's going on for about 5 minutes but soon switch over.

When we sent Dustin the Turkey :flutter: it's taken way too seriously now

Ouch, what an idiot.
Hopefully someone sees the error of their ways allowing the likes of him to be a magistrate, sack the beggar.:fist:

On a lighter note, we didn't come last:joker:

Sweden have actually won 6 times

Silly man, why should Ireland give the UK votes if they didn't like the song.

The problem with Lucie's song was that like many others, it was a little over performed,with unnecessary near shouting.
I like shouting in songs to stress or enhance part of the song,however it is not always best to do little else.

In a contest like this with many songs being performed like that much the same way,it often will be the 'different' more sedate performance will get noticed and more appreciated in my opinion.

Ireland like the lilting more gently performed songs,Dana romping home ages ago with 'all kinds of everything ' also Johnny Logan and 'What's another year' to name just 2.

Clearly the UK entry while being better than maybe other years,didn't strike a chord with Ireland,so no votes,which Ireland are perfectly in their rights to not give if they weren't keen on the song and/or performance.

I don't think Ireland has a "type" of song, and those two mentioned were from decades ago

Ireland voting Germany though the worst song of the night

Sorry Adam, I rather liked Germany myself:joker:,I was surprised it was stuck at the bottom.

I wonder if they are moaning about not getting votes :think:

Very true but I think there were 2 brothers too who won with a simple tune too.

Often Ireland wins are with the ballad.

Actually it is well Known Sweden n Australia are in the Juries pocket hence there undeserved top scores

Ah yeah fair point, it would be nice to see them make the main show next year, I don't care where they place, makes the voting more interesting for me when they and the UK are involved

Just play the fekin note! this one? No! not that fekin one! that one is already fekin down!!

:love:

How is Australia part of Europe? :shrug:

Forward that onto Isreal, Azerbaijan, Armenia etc

awww no, I love the Eurovision, my husband and I have watched it together for the last 40 years, never missed a year, having a referendum could destroy what has become a tradition in my home :laugh:

Lucie was really good but I'm glad Polands won, I loved the song and thought it well deserved.

I agree,I like Ireland in the contest too.

I thought Portugal won?