East Cambs councillor sanctioned for racist Tweets
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East Cambs councillor sanctioned for racist Tweets
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Neil Parkin, leader of Adur District Council, linked Covid-19 to Chinese bat soup A COUNCIL leader was accused of casual racism after linking Covid-19 to somebody eating uncooked bat soup in China . Conservative Neil Parkin made the comment during a meeting of Adur District Council, which members of the public could watch via a live stream. His remarks, made in May last year, led to complaints sparking an investigation to decided whether he had breached the council s code of conduct. A hearing was told that there were concerns that his comment was feeding into a narrative that China or the Chinese people should be blamed for the outbreak of the virus .