Davies: I’ll give online hate pair a chance
RUTH Davidson finally broke silence on her racist and sectarian councillors yesterday.
The Scots Tory leader defended her decision to let Robert Davies and Alastair Majury return to the party despite their vile online comments.
Davidson told BBC Scotland: “The tweets were completely unacceptable, there is no equivocation about that, but I’ve been very strong in the past about wanting to change behaviour on social media.
“Both individuals indicated a genuine wish to change their behaviour and I’ve got a decision to make then about whether I allow for that to happen.”
Davidson said the pair were both undertaking diversity training and would be talking to anti-sectarian charity Nil By Mouth.
She added: “I do understand the criticism, I fully accept that what they said was wrong and if their behaviour doesn’t change, they are out.”
Majury was behind an account that tweeted antiCatholic comments in 2012. Davies posted racist tweets comparing black people to cannibals. And this week, Tory MP for Moray Douglas Ross faced criticism for saying he would bring in “tougher enforcement against gypsy travellers” if he was PM for a day.
SNP MSP James Dornan said: “Given the latest offensive remarks from one of Ruth Davidson’s MPs, it seems that anyone with bigoted views is more than welcome in her party.”