Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson has slammed a "disgusting" tweet from a Liverpool Councillor and reported him to the council.
Mayor Anderson responded to comments made on twitter by Cressington Councillor Sam Gorst, who is a member of the Liverpool Community Independents group on the council.
It appears that Cllr Gorst had responded to tweets from a parody account set up to impersonate Labour councillor Nick Small. In response, Cllr Gorst said: "I thought you blocked my Nicky boy. How's your bird these days? Is she still tormenting those with mental illness and covering up her nastiness by painting the picture of being a homelessness champion for a nice slot in the Echo?"
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It is understood that these comments were talking about Michelle Langan, who runs the Papercup homeless charity and coffee shop in Liverpool and is in a relationship with Cllr Small.
She took to twitter to respond directly to the tweets, saying: "I am absolutely stunned that a Liverpool councillor thinks its acceptable to attack someone who works at a local charity. Utterly repellent and untrue."
The Mayor of Liverpool then responded directly to Cllr Gorst's comments. She said: "Sam your behaviour is disgusting. You spew bile at everyone and then claim that it’s others who affect your mental health. I will be reporting this to the city solicitor but for the good of all our sanity, I would suggest you stay off social media."
Responding, Cllr Gorst said: "I suggest that you should resign. For the good of all the city's residents. They don't need to deal with inept decision making any longer. I would not be taking any suggestions from you Joanne after how you've ploughed the council into near bankruptcy."
Cllr Gorst has been approached for a response. Liverpool Council was also contacted.
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