At Tuesday’s council meeting, myself and
Councillor Ishtiaq declined to join in the standing ovation for Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Today, I am at the centre of a little media storm, as the Birmingham Mail leads with the front page headline ‘Councillors snub war hero’.
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Writing on the
Re-Stirred website , Coun Mullaney claimed: “If Coun Yaqoob had her way, she would be implementing Hadood Law, with hands cut off and stonings.”
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Along with Respect Party colleague Mohammed Ishtiaq, she remained seated in the
city council chamber as everyone else in the room rose to give guest of honour L/Cpl Croucher a spontaneous round of applause.
