Liberal Democrat Mr Birtwistle has condemned the page, which features bizarre photographs of people in the town. The page has attracted over 22,000 “likes” since it was set up last week with the description “Everything f*cked up in Burnley.”
Photos include people in various states of undress, in drunken stupors and a man head first in a clothes bank. Mr Birtwistle said: “I think this group is an absolute disgrace and I will try to get it closed down.
“If the people who have set this up are residents of Burnley they should be ashamed of themselves. Why would anyone want to humiliate their own town and residents? There are so many good things happening in Burnley with lots of investment and an exciting future ahead. We should have groups celebrating Burnley, not running it down.”
4 comments:
A true patriot is not only passionate about the good that his country does but is equally as zealous to shine a light on the bad.
Mr Birtwistle, it seems, would like to turn a blind eye to what is wrong in his city. That way, he and his fellow MPs and local councilors don't have to do anything about it. But what do you expect from a member of a party that sold its principles and conscience to the Tories for a sniff of power?
Indeed.
Someone needs to post him this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
Lurker111
Yet another sad, deluded MP who does not live in the real world. The site is firmly tongue in cheek and he should be grateful that people in Burnley can still laugh. Many other countries have rioted and turned on their "rulers" for far less trivial cases of dereliction of duty. Birtwhistle should be ashamed of himself. He'll be out at the next election anyway.
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