Labour 'sorry' for Neanderthal insult to asylum protesters

INGSWINFORD Labour Party has apologised after an image depicting hotel protesters as Neanderthals appeared on its social media.

- MARTYN SMITH Local Democracy Reporter

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The picture, which was posted on the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Labour Party Facebook page but has now been removed, featured a number of human skulls with captions like ‘male’ ‘female’ ‘gay’ and ‘straight’

‘The final skull, a Neanderthal, has the caption ‘Paints roundabouts, shouts at hotels:

The post outraged Reform UK's Marco Longhi who said: “This kind of post says everything about today's Labour Party - sneering, divisive and contemptuous towards ordinary people who dare to protest or think differently.

“Reform believes in free speech, mutual respect and standing up for local communities, not mocking them.

“The Labour Party should spend less time insulting voters and more time listening to why so many are turning away from them.”