Wirral councillor slammed by MP he compared to Ku Klux Klan
Cllr David Burgess-Joyce was suspended from the Tory group on Wirral Council following his remarks last year THE man who could be the next leader of the Wirral Conservatives has been slammed by a black Labour MP who he compared to the Ku Klux Klan. Cllr David Burgess-Joyce, a Tory councillor in Wirral, is "beyond the pale", according to Tottenham MP David Lammy. Last year, Cllr Burgess-Joyce compared the now shadow justice secretary to the Ku Klux Klan – the American white supremacist group who violently target African Americans. He has since apologised unreservedly for his comment...