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Old 14-05-2017, 05:20 PM #1
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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.
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lol, they were twats for not voting for us, even australia gave us 12.
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still very bitter i guess.
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still very bitter i guess.
We've won Eurovision more times than you we don't want the cost of hosting it anymore, how desperate are you Brits
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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.
There is being impartial then down right nasty marking Lucie 20th
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Ireland have won it a record 7 times
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There is being impartial then down right nasty marking Lucie 20th
Someone has to be 20th? At least Ireland can't be accused of neighbour voting or would you rather they did that?
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imagine being suspended from ur job because you had a tantrum about eurovision lol
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Someone has to be 20th? At least Ireland can't be accused of neighbour voting or would you rather they did that?
I would rather them quit Eurovision in shame
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Someone has to be 20th? At least Ireland can't be accused of neighbour voting or would you rather they did that?
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
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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
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There is being impartial then down right nasty marking Lucie 20th
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
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i wish we would go back to sending trash like scooch

eurovision was entertaining many years ago
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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
They voted the likes of Poland higher
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are you poor or something
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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.
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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.
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i wish we would go back to sending trash like scooch

eurovision was entertaining many years ago
Agreed. I miss the eurotrash it used to be!
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are you poor or something
We are as poor as the UK

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
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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.
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When we sent Dustin the Turkey it's taken way too seriously now
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Ouch, what an idiot.
Hopefully someone sees the error of their ways allowing the likes of him to be a magistrate, sack the beggar.

On a lighter note, we didn't come last
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