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Published Date: 19 October 2008
A COUNCILLOR who said the Queen is a "sectarian racist" is facing disciplinary action from his party.
Labour councillor Terry Kelly, a former election agent for Wendy Alexander, launched a tirade against the Queen and the monarchy. The Renfrewshire Council member used his blog to unleash a barrage of vituperative comments which his own party has con
demned as unacceptable.

In Kelly's online rant he also:

&149 Claimed that Britain would be better off if the Royal Family met the same fate as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia;

&149 Described the Royals as a "parasitical bunch of braying half wits";

&149 Claimed that Princess Anne looked like a "bulldog chewing a wasp";

• Lampooned Prince Harry and Prince William as "the Chuckle Brothers".

The veteran left-winger penned an article titled 'The Queen was in her Counting House Counting out her Money', which states: "I know it sounds churlish, with them being such nice folk and role models, but how many hospitals, schools, etc could we build if we did what the Bolsheviks did all those years ago?"

He then ridicules each member of the Royal Family in turn: "There's Madge (the Queen], the glove puppet, Big Phil (the Duke of Edinburgh], expert at shaking hands and insulting minorities, Charles, Andrew and Edward, the brains trust, and Anne, who looks and acts like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

"They are followed of course by the Chuckle Brothers 'Winco Willie and Hooray Henry', both of whom need to use both hands to find their own arses."

In response to criticism from a visitor to the site Kelly makes the bizarre statement: "If Prince Charles were to dump Camilla and marry a Muslim he would not succeed. In these circumstances the Queen should abdicate, not to do so would be to support racism.

"In fact she is supporting racism just now by not demanding change so, I'm afraid that your beloved monarch is a sectarian racist."

A Labour insider said it was very likely that Kelly would face the prospect of disciplinary action. He said: "Given the circumstances we will be looking to see what action can be taken."

Kelly insisted that his remarks were not meant to be taken seriously, stating: "I was joking. I am opposed to capital punishment violence. But I do want rid of the monarchy. It is an anachronism and an embarrassment."

A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment.





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  • Last Updated: 18 October 2008 7:36 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
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1

Conan the Librarian™,

19/10/2008 00:33:19
Hey Terry, I like your style.

Tell them to f off and come on over to the light side.
2

JoeMiddleton,

Edinburgh 19/10/2008 00:38:45
So is tugging your forelock to the Queen now compulsory in the 'peoples party'? A bit pathetic if that's the case.
3

donald,

glasgow 19/10/2008 07:21:33
Telling the truth is not acceptable in the Royal Labour Party.

So he has no chance of getting on the Royal Labour Board at Parkheid then?
4

nabodican,

Rural Scotland 19/10/2008 08:19:40
Terry Kelly should be banned sine die from the lievbour party, rants like his are totally unacceptable. He knows perfectly well that the royal family have too much dignity to respond.
The man is a raving eejit.
5

The Tin Man,

19/10/2008 08:41:08
Good for Terry Kelly! His comments look about right to me, although the Russian analogy is over the top.

As we pay for the royals, I think our politicians are perfectly entitled to freely express their opinion on the matter.
6

Mallory,

Edinburgh 19/10/2008 09:35:53
Seems to not be an isolated incident see below
http://tinyurl.com/4kk57p
7

Wee Fred,

19/10/2008 10:52:25
""I know it sounds churlish, with them being such nice folk and role models, but how many hospitals, schools, etc could we build if we did what the Bolsheviks did all those years ago?"



How many hospitals, schools etc could we build with the money we could save from bussing kids all over the country to half filled faith schools?
8

Wee Fred,

19/10/2008 10:53:03
Btw - The royal family cost every taxpayer 66p per annum.
9

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19/10/2008 12:28:00
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Mark j,

Edinburgh- republic of Leith 19/10/2008 12:33:19
No. 8.
That is 66pm too much. Do not forget the revolutions in Europe -the people infact claimed royal lands aswell. I'd prefer their riches to be in the people's governments hands instead.

Only recently has the queen been paying income tax, but only on the sum she decides to declare. I wish i had a similar arrangement with the inland revenue. During this recent economic crisis, the queen had her mitts out for dosh aswell. She certainly is rich enough to be a bank.

The monarchy itsself is sectarian, no king and queen can be a non-protestant. There is a historical reason for this anomally. Before we change this we need become a truely secular state. In a democracy, I want secular ethics to be paramount in our country, not RCC policies and certainly not Sharia law. The public should not be paying for faith based education. Let faiths pay for their own education and let the state have one secular common school system inwhich the nations students socialise and de-segregate.
The Queen did not admonish protestant unionists anti-catholic hate mongers. In doing so she alienated as her government did catholics within her realm. I expect those is power to advocate for us all, theory we are all equal subjects of this monarch, in practise Scots Irish and Welsh have been second class has her governments have followed unionist centralist economics and governance. It was not so long ago that Thatcher 'experimented' on Scotland with her hated poll tax. When convenient this monarch and her government will turn its back of its other constituent nations and subjects within the UK. Bring on the referendum for independence, then bring on a referendum on creating a modern republic. Soar Alba.




12

ochone,

Sauchie, Clack's 19/10/2008 13:10:30
How dare you drag the name of the blessed Wendy into this story Mr Horne.

What connection can she possibly have with someone who has gone of on one?
13

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 19/10/2008 13:37:05
The English Royal Family is but a shaky pillar of the artificial British Constitution.

Without the Queen, the Tories would have no raison detre,
for their own ends, Labour simply tolerate the Royal Family, and who knows what the Lib-Dems believe?
14

Calum Crubag,

19/10/2008 13:49:10
Well done Terry. A Labour guy with principles!
15

Ashley Thomson,

19/10/2008 13:51:46
Jeez, if only Labour had mair politicians like that, I might vote for them then.
16

Voldemort,

Edinburgh 19/10/2008 15:13:39
Sickening to the core - a little man, with a little agenda, taking a cheap shot at one of the greatest institutions this country has.

The Monarchy may well cost us 66p a year -- people talk about how many hospitals you could build if the royals weren't there ... the answer is none - as the disgusting labour party would squander the 'savings' on new Jags for their trumped up little MP's ....

The Royal Family have brought Billions of pounds in trade deals to Britain through their diplomatic function not only that but Prince Charles has pioneered organic farming and sustainable energy solutions.

As if that wasn't worth your 66p in addition to all this the functions they perform on a daily basis opening businesses, honouring those Brits who have done great deeds and giving a sense of Britishness that no politician could ever exude (bar Churchill perhaps!) - the Royal Family put ALL politicians to shame with their ferverant work rate and utter dedication to all of us !

The Russians can keep Putin, The French can have Sarkozy, the Americans can hang on to Mr Bush too - give me good ol' Liz, Phil, Charles and Camilla any day !!

Rather than aspire and work to great heights - Sad little men and women snipe away at greatness from afar; a red mist doubtless driven by seeing an utter and complete failure in the mirror every morning ...
17

Voldemort,

Edinburgh 19/10/2008 15:51:39
The only reason Socialist Politicians open up the Royal Family debate is a feeble attempt to divert attention from the criminal waste in their own affairs.

I'd wager that Renfrewshire Council waste more money every year in their local area on half baked piffle than the Royal 'cost' in ten years !!
18

ThePeter,

Glasgae 19/10/2008 17:45:34
A labourite showing his tru fascist colours.
Does Wendy et al agree?
19

Thomas Campbell,

New York 19/10/2008 18:06:27
"An anachronism and embarrassment": those in glass houses.....And the proposed massacre of the Royal Family a la the Bolsheviks in 1918: now, that's the way a modern Scotland will deal with things? Right.
The Imperial Family of Russia are now venerated by Orthodox Christian believers as saints, and there is still a Royal family of Russia (as there are of France, Portugal, Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania, Austria, all over Germany). You might instigate a cold-blooded slaughter but the British Royal Family will always endure (approx. 800 descendants of Queen Victoria alone), whether they do their work for the nation or not.
20

santa cova,

19/10/2008 18:39:23
I take my hat off to Mr. Kelly and say,well done sir.

I am sure that ugly Betty Windsor is not amused

#8 Wee Fred, What a load of ball@cks,its 66p to much, as far as the majority of the Scottish people are concerned.
21

santa cova,

19/10/2008 18:40:45
#16 Can I have some of what you have been drinking?
22

Conan the Librarian™,

19/10/2008 20:31:02
16
A great institution Voldemort.

Aye right.

I'm going to set Harry on you.

23

WL,

livingston 19/10/2008 22:57:41
Terry Kelly should move to Russia if he thinks life there is better.
24

Voldemort,

Edinburgh 20/10/2008 06:33:43
21 & 22 .... I really don't see why you guys don't see value in maintaining the Royals and somehow you see value in £1billion a year for the crowd of schoolkids at holyrood ...

The Royal Family are not the problem ... they are frequently made scapegoats to hide politicians inadequacies yes. I for one know they are a great asset to our country and have our interests closer to their heart, work harder and are more in touch with the people than many politicians ... especially neanderthal, corrput, red twirps like Terry Kelly!


25

The west awake,

Argyll 20/10/2008 13:33:19
I am a republican, but agree with Wee Fred in that I would have more respect for Kelly if he had the cojones to tackle the problem of stste support for faith schools, - the main cause of the cancer that is sectarianism in the west of Scotland.
There should be a clear separation of church and state, it is one of the few things I reckon the Americans do right.
Apart from gossip columnists and wifies away for a hair do, most people don't really care about the monarchy anymore.
26

Doh,

21/10/2008 10:47:41


Every party attracts a fair number of nutters.

And this guy is clearly one of them.

I hope he doesnt own a kalashnikov.

27

im brian and so is my wife,

edinburgh 22/03/2009 15:27:56
what will the queen say to gordon brown after the next election?
heres your P45,ones been dying to give it to you
28

im brian and so is my wife,

edinburgh 22/03/2009 15:31:15
#24 he who must not be named
watch out the hootsmans death eaters will bite yer bum lol
most people see how much the royals have and that annoys them,me i can take them or leave them
prince charles hates sending letters,he said he hates licking the back of his mothers head

 

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