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//Ms Oakes has since apologised and accepted she "made a mistake".// - sounds like crocodile tears to me
//She told the BBC: "I didn't think what I said would upset so many people. It came across as not a nice thing to say. // - seriously, she did not think it would upset people? With judgement like that she should not be holding any public office anyway in my opinion.
Well done Labour for removing the whip, shame they cannot remove her from the mayorship, I believe the other councillors can do that though.