Labour councillor who branded the Queen a 'sectarian racist' faces censure

Published on Saturday 18 October 2008 19:42

A COUNCILLOR who said the Queen is a "sectarian racist" is facing disciplinary action from his party.

Labour councillor Terry Kelly, a former election agent for Wendy Alexander, launched a tirade against the Queen and the monarchy. The Renfrewshire Council member used his blog to unleash a barrage of vituperative comments which his own party has condemned as unacceptable.

In Kelly's online rant he also:

&149 Claimed that Britain would be better off if the Royal Family met the same fate as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia;

&149 Described the Royals as a "parasitical bunch of braying half wits";

&149 Claimed that Princess Anne looked like a "bulldog chewing a wasp";

&#149 Lampooned Prince Harry and Prince William as "the Chuckle Brothers".

The veteran left-winger penned an article titled 'The Queen was in her Counting House Counting out her Money', which states: "I know it sounds churlish, with them being such nice folk and role models, but how many hospitals, schools, etc could we build if we did what the Bolsheviks did all those years ago?"

He then ridicules each member of the Royal Family in turn: "There's Madge (the Queen], the glove puppet, Big Phil (the Duke of Edinburgh], expert at shaking hands and insulting minorities, Charles, Andrew and Edward, the brains trust, and Anne, who looks and acts like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

"They are followed of course by the Chuckle Brothers 'Winco Willie and Hooray Henry', both of whom need to use both hands to find their own arses."

In response to criticism from a visitor to the site Kelly makes the bizarre statement: "If Prince Charles were to dump Camilla and marry a Muslim he would not succeed. In these circumstances the Queen should abdicate, not to do so would be to support racism.

"In fact she is supporting racism just now by not demanding change so, I'm afraid that your beloved monarch is a sectarian racist."

A Labour insider said it was very likely that Kelly would face the prospect of disciplinary action. He said: "Given the circumstances we will be looking to see what action can be taken."

Kelly insisted that his remarks were not meant to be taken seriously, stating: "I was joking. I am opposed to capital punishment violence. But I do want rid of the monarchy. It is an anachronism and an embarrassment."

A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment.