Walkout: Pat Rackley
A COUNCILLOR stormed out of a debate about housing in Basildon, branding UKIP councillors racist.
Pat Rackley, an independent Labour councillor, stormed out of a full council discussion on affordable homes after UKIP councillor Linda Allport Hodge blamed mass immigration into the country on the high number of homes needed to be built.
Statistics: Linda Allport-Hodge
Mrs Allport-Hodge said more than four million “foreigners” had moved to the UK since July 2010.
Mrs Rackley stood up saying: “This is absolute racism, absolute racism. I am not listening to this,” before leaving the council chamber.
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