The headline from the Evening Chronicle about a Conservative councillor for North Tyneside says it all really:

A RED-FACED councillor has had to apologise after calling for the legalisation of euthanasia to cut the number of children in care.

First this week it was sterilisation, now it’s killing children. ‘Nasty party’ anyone?

UPDATE: It looks as if Hugh Jackson has now had the Conservative whip withdrawn.