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County Council chief shows true colours

adelayde | 03.12.2010 12:34 | Education | Other Press | Public sector cuts | Oxford

The bigotry of Oxfordshire County Councils chief was laid bare for all to see on the 30th November, when local freemason Councillor Keith Mitchell posted on his blog how he considered those 6th form students who invaded County Hall to be nothing more than "student rabble".

The full text from Keith Mitchell's blog reads: "Student rabble invade County Hall County Hall was invaded by a scruffy student rabble today protesting about spending cuts. They charged into the building, overpowering our hall keepers and dispersed in various directions. Some got onto the roof; others found their way to the Councillor's wing on the first floor and were running amok along the corridor outside my office. I barricaded myself in my office with my PA and Cllr Charles Shouler. They were noisy and scruffy.

They made a mess in our Member's Lounge and just about everywhere else that they went. When the police arrived and turfed them out, they left their protest banners and posts behind along with their rations. I wonder who paid for the wooden posts they were carrying and I wonder who tipped them off about the internal layout of County Hall?

The police were excellent and got them out after which they rampaged around the streets. If these oiks are our future, God help our country."

Describing himself on his oh-so-90s-style web site as active in Freemasonry and a keen supporter of country sports, who was proud to be marching for Liberty and Livelihood on 22 September 2002, Councillor Keith appears to have neglected to see that the students who have been demonstrating these last weeks are also marching for their Liberty and Livelihood.

In response to Mitchell's comment that the students were "scruffy", a number of students amassed again on the County Council's offices on Thursday, but this time dressed-to-the-nines (see  http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/8717542.Student_protesters_spruce_up_to_make_their_point/).

If these are the kind of bigoted people we have in charge of our councils, then God help our country indeed!

adelayde

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