Doncaster Mayor Peter Davies

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Doncaster just elected English Democrat party candidate Peter Davies, who had not expected to keep his deposit, as Mayor. This whole post election interview is side-splitting:

TF: You’re going to cut the Gay Pride funding.

PD: Yep.

TF: Erm, how much did Doncaster Council fund Gay Pride?

PD: Haven’t got a clue, I haven’t looked into… I haven’t got the details, I… I haven’t even started-

TF: About right, isn’t it? So how much did… how much was it worth to Doncaster?

PD: How…er, what?

TF: The Gay Pride march. 8,000 people in town for a day.

PD: I don’t know. They can still come. There’s nobody stopping them coming.

TF: So you don’t know what it costs, you don’t know what it earns, but you’re banning it?

PD: I’m saying that… hard-pressed taxpayers money should not be spent on promoting any type of sexuality whether it’s straight or gay.

TF: But for all you-, but for all you know it could be making a fortune for the town - you don’t know, you’ve not even looked at it.

HT booklectic

Comments

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

I do love all of his indignation at stuff being illegal "But people want me to change it! That's what they've voted me in for!" - he can't fathom that it's not "the law is getting in my way" but it's "I promised things I can't deliver!"