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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2014, 07:05 AM Jan 2014

Member of UK Parliament deemed ‘stupid’ for Nazi uniform party

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/22/member-of-uk-parliament-deemed-stupid-for-nazi-uniform-party/

Member of UK Parliament deemed ‘stupid’ for Nazi uniform party
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:48 EST

An MP had been “stupid and offensive” in organising a Nazi-themed stag party in France, but is not a racist, a Conservative Party internal inquiry found.

Aidan Burley was sacked as parliamentary private secretary to the Transport Secretary after newspapers published pictures of the boozy bash at a posh French ski resort.

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The controversial party took place on December 3, 2011, in a restaurant in upmarket Val Thorens.

Fournier was photographed in full SS regalia whilst giving the Nazi salute.

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