{"id":1066,"date":"2008-05-04T19:34:37","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2008-05-04T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2008-05-04T19:34:37","slug":"the-first-flower-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"The first flower of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

City councillor Gavin Webb could be thrown off a school’s board of governors after making controversial calls to legalise heroin and prostitution.Liberal Democrat (Libertarian) councillor Gavin Webb’s position is being reviewed after publicly expressing controversial views.<\/p>\n

Thistley Hough High School, in Penkhull, could now decide to sack him from its board of governors.<\/p>\n

The chair of governors, Gill Miller, said she is seeking advice on Mr Webb’s position in light of complaints about comments he hasmade.<\/p>\n

She said: “I have alerted the governing support unit at the city council and the governing body is currently considering Mr Webb’s position.”<\/p>\n

Talking about drugs, Mr Webb said: “I believe we should legalise the lot, including the most harmful substance heroin.”<\/p>\n

He has also described the police’s drug-busting Operation Nemesis as a “waste of money”.<\/p>\n

He has also said: “The only person one can trust in protecting one’s own life, is oneself. That is why I also advocate that individuals should have the right to carry a handgun.”<\/p>\n

Other controversial views expressed by Mr Webb include that drink-driving is not a crime, that brothels should be legal and that Britain’s borders should be opened up to anyone who wants to enter the country.<\/p>\n

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Liberal Democrat group leader, Councillor Jean Bowers, said she was concerned about some of the comments Mr Webb has made in recent weeks. She said a member of the public had contacted her to complain about some of his views.<\/p>\n

Mr Webb, pictured, said he is aware that some of his views were unpopular, and could even jeopardise his position as a governor.<\/p>\n

He said: “I am getting flak from various people, but part of the role of politicians is to tell people to take responsibility for their own lives, instead of blaming other people.”<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, it’s up the board of school governors whether they support me or sack me.”<\/p>\n

Many of Mr Webb’s controversial statements were made on The Sentinel’s website.<\/p>\n

Mr Webb is also being investigated by the Standards Board of England after an alleged four-letter outburst at a fellow councillor.<\/p>\n

What do you think of Gavin Webb’s views?<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do I think?<\/p>\n

I think this man is 100% correct!<\/b><\/p>\n

Is this the beginning of a sea change in the UK? A return to sanity? An awakening from the nightmare of Bliar, Brown, Murder Inc. and all the horrors we have been putting up with?<\/p>\n

Lets hope so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City councillor Gavin Webb could be thrown off a school’s board of governors after making controversial calls to legalise heroin and prostitution.Liberal Democrat (Libertarian) councillor Gavin Webb’s position is being reviewed after publicly expressing controversial views. Thistley Hough High School, in Penkhull, could now decide to sack him from its board of governors. The chair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,53,18,24],"tags":[227,106,230,107,226,229,228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}