The leader of Wandsworth Council has been criticised for making a “crass joke about suicide” during a council meeting. Councillor Ravi Govindia, joked that he was “glad” that Labour cllr Judi Gasser “does not spend time counselling people who are at the other end of a Samaritans call.” He told last night’s full council meeting: “I don’t think she gives any hope whatsoever to anyone in difficulties. Her style, her manner, her composure is such that you would simply want to end your miseries.” Cllr Govindia was attacking the Labour opposition for not “acknowledging the good that happens in this council simply because it happens to be a Conservative council,” during a debate on the council’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.