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| 'Bring back Golliwog' Forest of Dean councillor breached code | 'Bring back Golliwog' Forest of Dean councillor breached code |
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| A councillor who backed a social media campaign to 'Bring back the Golliwog' has been told to apologise and attend three weeks of training. | A councillor who backed a social media campaign to 'Bring back the Golliwog' has been told to apologise and attend three weeks of training. |
| Lynne Sterry resigned as chair of the Forest of Dean District Council's standards committee after sharing the Facebook post. | |
| The same committee has now decided her actions breached the authority's code of conduct. | The same committee has now decided her actions breached the authority's code of conduct. |
| Ms Sterry claimed she had shared the post in innocence. | Ms Sterry claimed she had shared the post in innocence. |
| She has since apologised "unreservedly". | She has since apologised "unreservedly". |
| Ms Sterry had claimed she had backed the campaign calling for the return of the doll and not "given it a thought", as it reminded her of a childhood toy she had in the 1950s. | Ms Sterry had claimed she had backed the campaign calling for the return of the doll and not "given it a thought", as it reminded her of a childhood toy she had in the 1950s. |
| "It gave me a lot of joy and a lot of pleasure - why wouldn't you give a child a golly and that's why I pressed share," she said. | "It gave me a lot of joy and a lot of pleasure - why wouldn't you give a child a golly and that's why I pressed share," she said. |
| A council spokesperson previously said it had been "dismayed at the comments" made by the Labour councillor which "in no way represents the views" of the authority. | A council spokesperson previously said it had been "dismayed at the comments" made by the Labour councillor which "in no way represents the views" of the authority. |
| In a statement Ms Sterry said she had resigned as chair of the standards committee and Cinderford Town Council "in recognition of my mistake". | In a statement Ms Sterry said she had resigned as chair of the standards committee and Cinderford Town Council "in recognition of my mistake". |
| "I apologise unreservedly, and from my heart, for any hurt that my sharing of the Facebook tweet may have caused. I never intended to offend or support racism," she said. | "I apologise unreservedly, and from my heart, for any hurt that my sharing of the Facebook tweet may have caused. I never intended to offend or support racism," she said. |