COMIC JANEY CALLS POLITICIAN A TROLL
Godley asks Labour Party to probe councillor following Twitter spat
A COMEDIAN who became a lockdown favourite has accused a Labour politician of trolling her on Twitter.
Janey Godley has called for party chiefs to look at comments posted about her by councillor Alex Gallagher, who represents Largs in Ayrshire.
The 59- ye a r - o l d stand- up cheered up Scots in lockdown with online skits mimicking First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus briefings.
Godley says she has been bombarded with messages for 18 months by Gallagher.
She claims he trolled her with a news clipping about her mum, who was murdered. Godley had shared a BBC video clip where she talked about childhood memories and her mum’s murder.
Gallagher posted on Twitter, “Who is Janey Godley?” He also demanded to know who employs her. Godley then listed organisations she works for, including the BBC.
As their Twitter spat escalated, Godley wrote: “I know who employs you – the public – and I am a member of the public.
“Maybe Keir Starmer and the Labour Party should have a wee word with you about trolling women online.”
She shared examples of Gallagher’s tweets to her
Facebook page, which has 200,000 followers, and said: “This is the Labour councillor who has been tweeting me for over 18 months trolling me online.”
Gallagher wrote: “All I did was not know who you are, Jane. I don’t know lots of people. You too I presume. Your reaction seems a bit extreme TBH.”
In a communication with Scottish Labour, Godley said: “Any chance you can have a quick look at Alex Gallagher ’s timeline? He’s been trolling a BBC clip about my murdered mum, asking who I am, despite tweeting me for over 18 months, now trolling me with pol i t i ca l screenshots.”
Asked to respond, Gallagher said: “I have done nothing wrong.”
A Labour Par ty spokesman said: “We take all complaints extremely seriously.”