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Councillor ordered to pay compensation for 'racist' joke
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Cllr Ken Bamber, who sits on Medway Council in Kent, was chatting with Brian Kelly, a Unison rep, when he made the joke. He told Mr Kelly: “A man walked into a Dublin bar and saw a friend sitting with an empty glass. 'Paddy can I buy you another', he asked, to which Paddy replied - 'now what would I be wanting with another empty glass?"
Mr Kelly, who was born in Ireland, said Cllr Barber had used the word “Paddy” offensively and was being “racist with intent”. He lodged an official complaint and took the matter to an employment tribunal, which referred the case to the conciliation service Acas. Mr Kelly is believed to have been awarded several thousand pounds compensation, some from the council and some from Cllr Bamber. Cllr Bamber, 79, said that although the judgement had taken “a long, long time” it had not affected his job.
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tracy 11
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this is just another pathetic case of political correctness and the man should have been made to say sorry but the award of such an amount is disgusting yet another joke and who ever made the award should be sacked
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