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Saw this on social media the other day, and no mention of the trade specifically, so thought it was a more general thing.

And her resignation is also on the BBC and Peterborough Telegraph news sites, but no mention of the trade angle, nor does she mention it on her Twitter resignation statement

But this is now on the Telegraph's website, and it's all kicking off on social media, as you might expect


Taxi racism row forces youngest Labour councillor to quit

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/20 ... axis-cctv/


Image: The Telegraph/LinkedIn

Daisy Blakemore-Creedon was accused of racism after calling for CCTV to be installed in minicabs

One of Britain’s youngest councillors has resigned from Labour after claiming she was branded a racist for calling for CCTV to be installed in minicabs.

Daisy Blakemore-Creedon, 19, left Peterborough city council’s Labour group after allegedly being bullied and subjected to anti-Semitic abuse.

She claimed she was falsely accused of racism after raising concerns about the safety of both passengers and drivers in the city’s council-licensed minicabs, many of which are operated by Asian men.

She said some councillors accused her and her wider family of “targeting fellow Asian Labour councillors”.

The abuse allegedly began after she argued within the Labour group in favour of CCTV being installed in council-licensed minicabs, a move she says was voted down by the party’s minority-ruling administration.

Ms Blakemore-Creedon, who was Britain’s youngest councillor when she was elected last year, stated: “These accusations [of racism] are completely unfounded and deeply hurtful.

“I have also raised a formal complaint regarding these matters, which has now been delayed twice, reportedly due to concerns about the political impact on the party, rather than a focus on justice or resolution.”

The councillor, whose mother is Jewish, told The Telegraph she had subsequently been subjected to anti-Semitic comments. The remarks appeared on the account of one prominent Labour supporter in Peterborough accusing her of being “on the payroll” of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister – despite her never having commented on Israeli affairs.

Ms Blakemore-Creedon said: “This person used the cab safety issue to make an anti-Semitic comment based on my Jewish heritage. It was horrible. I reported this to the Labour Party, but nothing has been done.”

She continued: I’m so disappointed with all this because my morals have always been Labour. Labour is in my blood. My grandfather was a major supporter. But my entire family have been left really disappointed as well.

“When I argued for more safety measures in minicabs it led to a lot of ugly comments by people in the Labour group. I got messages from fellow Labour councillors accusing me of racism because lots of the cab drivers are Asian.

“But I wasn’t targeting Asian drivers. I was talking about safeguarding for everyone, passengers and drivers.”

Support as an independent

Cllr Blakemore-Creedon added: “If people don’t want me as their councillor, I’d have been happy to trigger a by-election. But I’ve had lots of my ward residents express their support and say they’ll support me as an independent.”

Her claims are understood to have caused divisions within Peterborough’s Labour Party, which formed a minority administration with 19 councillors following the 2024 local elections.

Cllr Blakemore-Creedon was elected as councillor for the Fletton and Woodston ward that year at just 18 years old, a week before she was due to take her A-level exams.

‘Left with no confidence’

She stated this week: “These experiences have left me with no confidence that I can continue to serve residents as a member of the Labour group, given the hostile environment I have faced simply for speaking out.

“Moving forward, I will continue to represent my residents as an independent councillor. Without the constraints of the party whip, I will be free to vote solely in the best interests of my community, without pressure to conform to internal party agendas.”

A Labour Party spokesman said: “All complaints are assessed thoroughly in line with the Labour Party’s rules and procedures.”

Peterborough city council has been approached for comment.

I'd guess she's not aware of Labour's policies in Wolverhampton

Just as a bit of background there are several asian councillors on PCC who have family connections to the trade. AFAIK none currently in the trade but amongst the Asian community as a whole there is very much an old fashioned muslim tradition. I am aware of many incident involving complaints of wrong doing by drivers which were immediately countered with accusations of racism and then dropped.

This would stand to reason then that there would be opposition to this lady she's white and very young and inexperienced in the ways of the muslim community. She did exactly what they wanted and quit rather than challenge them to prove her racism.

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Well, if calling for the taxi/PH trade to have CCTV in their vehicles makes you a racist, then I must be to the very very right of the Klu Klux Klan.

Which I hasten to add that I'm not.

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of course not those white robes and hood are your haloween ghost costume

seriously this is totally predictable the Asian community in Peterborough has used the race card with enormous success over the years they regard it as unacceptable for anyone to suggest that they ever do anything wrong.

And above all it works !

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The lady appeared on GB news today.

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/peterbo ... racism-row

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Anyway, not really sure whether this is better in this thread or the old Peterborough CCTV one.

But had a look at the Peterborough PHA's Facebook page, and it's a real rabbit hole...

And, indeed, it all does look very er, reciprocal - for example, it looks like there's a Labour councillor who's also a doctor, and who's punting cheap medicals to the trade via the PHA. And is all being organised by another Labour councillor who's also part of a local operator

And £30 a pop, by the looks of it. Which is obviously very cheap, but in view of the context I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing

https://www.facebook.com/PeterboroughPr ... 4dbBvoGh5l

But here's something a bit more interesting, and I wonder if this had anything to do with what's happened? This was posted by the Peterborough PHA on April 19, a couple of weeks before Cllr Daisy resigned from the Labour group


So it looks like she made a bit of a booboo - particularly as a licensing councillor - by effectively assuming guilt in a live criminal case, and then making a public statement about it

So this is what Cllr Daisy actually posted. And seems to have subsequently been deleted. Don't think it was discussed on GB News yesterday, though

Another funny thing about the Peterborough PHA page is that if it was said it was all written by a lawyer then I wouldn't be surprised - take the statement above, for example

But maybe they've got a resident lawyer who's also a Labour councillor and moonlights as a driver for a local operator

Anyway, can't find any trace of what the stuff above might be about, except maybe for...

I'm not really sure anything she said in the above is incorrect.

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As I have mentioned previuosly when dealing with the peterborough muslim community in connection to politics,trade associations etc.

they are not interested in anything which doesn't promote and further the interests of the muslim community above those of anyone else.

She was Naive in not understanding that.

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Sussex, I'd say she's on the wrong side as regards presumption of innoncence etc; in the first paragraph in particular, she seems to be assuming guilt

Since it's a live case I'm not sure if it veers into contempt of court territory, but of course if Joe Public said it in a pub then probably no one would notice.

But she's a public figure, and she said this in a public forum, and she's also a licensing councillor, thus shouldn't be seen to prejudge stuff like this.

Of course, to an extent it might depend whether the driver is actually licensed by Peterborough or elsewhere, but I doubt the latter scenario really exonerates her entirely either.

Anyway, from what I can work out she seems to have deleted the post, thus effectively confirming what the PHA says. And I think the PHA statement above articulates quite well why she shouldn't have commented in the way she did, and I'd guess whoever wrote the post has a fair bit of legal knowledge

Maybe, but it's not explicit. And given there is video/audio, I think it's not that unfair a view.

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it is to Muslims

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