Alastair Stewart resigns

[easytiger123]

Over "errors of judgement" made on his now deleted Twitter page. Any clues over what these errors were? Can't find any reference to it.

https://news.sky.com/story/alastair-stewart-steps-...

[abzmike]

He's not done a Frank Bough has he?

[FourWheelDrift]

Another drunken incident?

[FourWheelDrift]

Found it.

[easytiger123]

Thanks. Let the ststorm commence...

[vixen1700]

Wow! Does using Twitter somehow disconnect you from the kind of world we live in these days?

Not sure the relevance of the Shakespeare quote in this case, but really?

What was he thinking?

[Hereward]

Who is Martin Shapland? I googled but it wasn’t clear. A politician? Which party?

[silentbrown]

It's difficult to make sense of this without any context.

However, it looks like a favourite quote. He's used it before.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=ca...

Edited by silentbrown on Wednesday 29th January 17:25

[silentbrown]

Hereward said:

Who is Martin Shapland? I googled but it wasn’t clear. A politician? Which party?

Appears to have been Lib Dem a decade ago.

[TTwiggy]

vixen1700 said:

Wow! Does using Twitter somehow disconnect you from the kind of world we live in these days?

Not sure the relevance of the Shakespeare quote in this case, but really?

What was he thinking?

I imagine that the two of them got into some sort of spat (I think, if you look back at Shapland's Twitter feed, it was about the monarchy) and Stewart thought he'd win by getting 'intellectual', without realising the implications.

That's giving him the benefit of the doubt of course, which the smiley response might suggest is generous.

[markbigears]

That's a real shame, he was a good bloke to work with and a real petrolhead.

[Hereward]

silentbrown said:

Hereward said:

Who is Martin Shapland? I googled but it wasn’t clear. A politician? Which party?

Appears to have been Lib Dem a decade ago.

Okay, thanks. In his Google images pics he has a consistent smirk that makes him look VERY pleased with himself.

Always amazed that public figures cannot seem to control themselves on social media.

[TTwiggy]

ash73 said:

All humans are apes.

What's the problem?

Really?

[turbobloke]

vixen1700 said:

What was he thinking?

Too right! Faculties in parked mode?

[768]

I thought it was comparisons with monkeys that was racist, is it apes too?

[AJL308]

Said it loads of times - I really don't see this desperate need for people in the public eye to use st like twitter. I can see it's benefits but the main "benefit" seems to be that of ego boosting. The downsides of a single pissed-up post can have career ending consequences.

[Getragdogleg]

Was the original context of what Shakespeare wrote racist or has it just been converted into that because it says "ape" ?

Are we not descended from the Apes ?

I see a Shakespeare quote but not a racist statement. I see a man being compared to a primitive beast, not racism though.

But then he's resigned maybe he did mean it that way.

[AJL308]

Getragdogleg said:

Was the original context of what Shakespeare wrote racist or has it just been converted into that because it says "ape" ?

Are we not descended from the Apes ?

I see a Shakespeare quote but not a racist statement. I see a man being compared to a primitive beast, not racism though.

But then he's resigned maybe he did mean it that way.

In his defence, even if he didn't then people wouldn't accept it.

[ReaperCushions]

768 said:

I thought it was comparisons with monkeys that was racist, is it apes too?

Yeah, you're right... apes are totally fine...

[ShampooEfficient]

markbigears said:

That's a real shame, he was a good bloke to work with and a real petrolhead.

And a persistent drink driver...