Will Mylet, a Paisley East and Central rep, made the comments at a council meeting.
meeting in June last year – claiming Labour and Conservative governments were “more than happy” to put money into nuclear weapons and have “the ability to commit genocide”.
Councillor Mylet’s language was investigated by the Ethical Standards Commissioner after a complaint from Councillor Alec Leishman, deputy leader of the Conservative group.reviewed the findings and in a report on its decision – which confirmed it would take no further action – it was suggested the connection between political policies and deaths of citizens “might be categorised as hyperbole”.
“And also when I said Tory policies have killed people, there’s now been research done by Glasgow University and other bodies that have clearly stated that people have died by Tory austerity measures. “If he doesn’t care for my opinions, perhaps he should look at how his local MP colleague Mhairi Black has talked about toxicity in politics as a reason for standing down and refrain himself from such insulting remarks in the future.
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