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| Jo Cox fund: Councillor suspended over offensive post | Jo Cox fund: Councillor suspended over offensive post |
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| A Conservative councillor has been suspended over an offensive Facebook post he wrote mocking fundraising in memory of killed MP Jo Cox. | |
| Above a link to an article about the fund hitting £1m, Dominic Peacock wrote "I've just donated", before making an offensive comment. | Above a link to an article about the fund hitting £1m, Dominic Peacock wrote "I've just donated", before making an offensive comment. |
| The East Riding of Yorkshire councillor later deleted it and said: "I shouldn't have put it on in the first place." | |
| Council leader Stephen Parnaby said he would not tolerate such remarks. | Council leader Stephen Parnaby said he would not tolerate such remarks. |
| Labour MP Mrs Cox died when she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday. A fund set up in her memory has received more than £1m in donations. | Labour MP Mrs Cox died when she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday. A fund set up in her memory has received more than £1m in donations. |
| Mr Parnaby said: "Following inappropriate and offensive comments made on social media relating to the sad and tragic death of Jo Cox MP, I have suspended councillor Dominic Peacock from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Conservative Group with immediate effect. | Mr Parnaby said: "Following inappropriate and offensive comments made on social media relating to the sad and tragic death of Jo Cox MP, I have suspended councillor Dominic Peacock from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Conservative Group with immediate effect. |
| "I shall be reporting this to a meeting of the full group and my recommendation will be that he be expelled. | "I shall be reporting this to a meeting of the full group and my recommendation will be that he be expelled. |
| "This is not the time for inappropriate remarks, however intended, and I will not tolerate them in my group, and residents should expect their elected representatives to act in an appropriate and compassionate way." | "This is not the time for inappropriate remarks, however intended, and I will not tolerate them in my group, and residents should expect their elected representatives to act in an appropriate and compassionate way." |
| He said he would be asking the Conservative group to make a donation to the memorial fund. | He said he would be asking the Conservative group to make a donation to the memorial fund. |
| Mr Peacock posted the comment in the Vote Leave Beverley & Holderness, Haltemprice & Howden page on Facebook. | Mr Peacock posted the comment in the Vote Leave Beverley & Holderness, Haltemprice & Howden page on Facebook. |
| A spokesperson for the Vote Leave campaign also condemned the remark, saying: "These comments are appalling, abhorrent and we believe that he should be thrown out of the Conservative Party. | A spokesperson for the Vote Leave campaign also condemned the remark, saying: "These comments are appalling, abhorrent and we believe that he should be thrown out of the Conservative Party. |
| "He is not welcome to campaign with us." | "He is not welcome to campaign with us." |
| Mr Peacock, who is the councillor for Minster and Woodmansey Ward, "apologised unreservedly" but declined to comment further when approached by the BBC. | Mr Peacock, who is the councillor for Minster and Woodmansey Ward, "apologised unreservedly" but declined to comment further when approached by the BBC. |
| His comments have also sparked a series of angry responses on social media. | His comments have also sparked a series of angry responses on social media. |
| Chevan Ilangaratne wrote on Facebook : "What an utterly odious and inappropriate comment to make following what was an absolute tragedy for mankind last week." | Chevan Ilangaratne wrote on Facebook : "What an utterly odious and inappropriate comment to make following what was an absolute tragedy for mankind last week." |
| Jonathan Ware described the comment as "absolutely ghastly", while Tony Green called it "an absolute disgrace". | Jonathan Ware described the comment as "absolutely ghastly", while Tony Green called it "an absolute disgrace". |