{"id":29355,"date":"2013-02-28T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=29355"},"modified":"2013-02-28T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:03:33","slug":"councillor-resigns-for-saying-disabled-children-should-be-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/councillor-resigns-for-saying-disabled-children-should-be-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor Resigns For Saying Disabled Children Should Be Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Collin Brewer,\u00a0an independent Cornwall councillor, has resigned following the backlash he received over saying “disabled children cost the council too much money and should be put down.”<\/p>\n

Mr Brewer made the comment at a charity event at the\u00a0County Hall in Truro and claimed he was trying to “provoke debate”.<\/p>\n

During the event he approached a stall run by\u00a0Disability Cornwall<\/em> and made the outburst.<\/p>\n

He initially apologised but\u00a0refused to step down, telling the BBC: \u00a0“It’s not a good enough excuse, I will forever be apologising for it. I can’t apologise enough. It’s not something that’s in my nature, I always support disabled charities. I am very sorry,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Clearly it has gone to the standards board to provide any penalty whatsoever and the penalty they imposed was to write a letter of apology.<\/p>\n

“I have no intention of resigning. I don’t think I have done anything wrong. I have apologised.”<\/p>\n

It now seems that he has reconsidered his position following\u00a0a storm of criticism from disabled people, carers and campaigners.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for a disabled charity, Scope, slammed Mr. Brewers comment, saying: “To hear such an ill-judged and insensitive statement from a councillor is deeply disturbing and demonstrates that they are clearly not fit for office.<\/p>\n

“In this case, the monitoring officer found that there had been a breach of the code of conduct and determined that the only appropriate and proportionate sanction he could impose was to require Councillor Brewer to issue a formal apology.”<\/p>\n

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