Reform councillor Amanda Clare from the Cheshire West and Chester Council attended a Pride event in Winsford last week end. Sadly not as a supporter.
Rather her behaviour was so bad that she ended up getting arrested – and later charged with assault and criminal damage.
Cheshire Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance at Winsford Pride at around 16:30 BST on Saturday, where they arrested Ms Clare, who is known as Mandy Clare.
Here she apparently is, being forcibly escorted out of the event after committing “intimidation and attacks on drag acts”, per Ben Walker’s tweet.
She’s due to appear at Crewe Magistrates Court on August 8th.
In the mean time, there’s a petition on change.org demanding that she is removed for breaching the code of conduct that such public representatives are supposed to live up to.
From Steven Harris, who started the petition:
I’ve seen and experienced the ill-effects of local councilor, Cllr Mandy Clare Dene’s, harmful hate messages. Her actions are not only a breach of the code of conduct, but they are promoting discrimination and spreading hate among our community.
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It’s time to take a stand and remind our leaders that their duty is to serve and protect all citizens. That’s why we demand the immediate removal of Cllr Mandy Clare Dene from office due to her breach in code of conduct, as found in her actions promoting hate speech and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.