Political

A further spot of Tory bother in Reading

Following on from the resignation of one Tory councillor in Reading, a second has now quit too:

Mark Ralph said he has quit the party because of its treatment of ousted Tory councillor Jamie Chowdhary by Reading East Conservative Association (RECA) and the attempts to terminate his own membership because he spoke out in support of his Peppard ward colleague…

Cllr Ralph, who will stay on the council as an independent, also backed Mr Chowdhary’s claims that he was targeted after his de-selection with allegations of homophobia in a bid to justify the move, discredit him publicly and to derail his attempts to be selected a candidate by the Reading West branch…

“To undertake such a vicious campaign when Jamie was unwell was contemptible and Reading East Conservative Association is not an organisation to which I wish to belong.”

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