Stoke Newington councillor slated for her abusive Facebook comments

This comes after popular Stoke Newington Central councillor Louise Thompson made controversial comments on her personal Facebook book about the staff at The Scolt Head in De Beauvoir.

She slated the bar staff by saying: ““We are now boycotting the Scolt's Head — w****r bar staff and no understanding of licensing policy.”

The Labour councillor then added: “Rudest bar staff ever — more Shoreditch  hipster than a welcoming back street boozer.”

Following bad press the 29-year-old councillor, who sits on the council’s licensing committee, said she regrets the comments.

She said: “It was a flippant remark, which I regret making and any offence caused by it,” she said.

“These were comments made in a personal capacity, on my private Facebook profile, and do not relate to my role as a councillor.”

However, a Conservative spokesman on economic development on the London Assembly Andrew Boff, called for her to resign from the licensing committee stating that she “should not abuse Hackney businesses when they are struggling to survive the recession.”

He said: “I'm staggered that she thinks she can get away with these kind of comments and for them not to be noticed, especially when she is on the licensing committee where her opinions matter.

 “Councillor Thomson should apologise immediately or be held in the same contempt that she has shown for this business.”

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