Philip Normal resigns as Labour councillor over racist, transphobic and Islamophobic tweets
Philip Normal has resigned as the Labour councillor for Oval ward, Lambeth after racist, transphobic and Islamophobic tweets of his resurfaced. A series of posts spanning from 2009 to 2014 expose an array of problematic views from Normal, who is best known for creating the ‘La’ t-shirts inspired by It’s a Sin. These included the repeated use of a derogatory term used to describe transgender people, as well as comparing Muslim women to “penguins”. Some of his tweets even appeared to acknowledge the offensive nature of his words, as in…
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