The Mayor of Bradley Stoke blasted Labour leader Keir Starmer, an atheist, for attending the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday – prompting calls for him to resign. Cllr Anthony Griffiths, Conservative member for Bradley Stoke North posted to the Bradley Stoke Families (and Surrounding Areas) Facebook page, condemning the MP’s “hypocrisy”.
“What hypocrisy Kir Stanmer [sic] turning up at Westminster Catheratral [sic] when he doesn't believe in God,” the mayor wrote on Monday. “Just goes to show what the Labour Party believe in.” The post attracted almost a hundred replies from group members, before it was deleted by Cllr Griffiths himself, who told BristolLive he had no further comment to make on the matter.
It also spawned a poll, asking whether the misguided comment should cost the mayor his role on the town council, which drew 330 votes and 48 comments from group members. The questionnaire asked whether, “after his petty political and narrow minded post on Monday 19th September, should Tony Griffiths resign his post as Mayor of Bradley Stoke?”
