Second Llanrwst Tory councillor in anti-Welsh row
Llanrwst town councillor Adele Channer-Clarke has been accused of posting derogatory remarks about the Welsh language on Facebook.
In one post that recently came to light she described Welsh as a “crappy, dying language”.
Earlier this month Channer-Clarke’s sister Aldean Channer, also a Tory councillor for Llanrwst, sparked widespread anger after she falsely claimed that just two per cent of Wales’ population speaks Welsh and that translation services are a waste of money.
Cllr Channer-Clarke, who represents the Crwst ward, initially claimed to North Wales Live that the comments made in her name came from a “fake Facebook account”, but later claimed her account had been “hacked” and refused to make any further comments on the matter.
According to Cllr Channer-Clarke, her sister has received death threats since her comments were publicised last week but town clerk Rosslyn Morgan emphatically denied the claim, saying: “I have no knowledge of any death threats to any elected member or employee of the town council.”
Osian Rhys, chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith, the Welsh Language Society said: “We know from opinion polls that the future of our national language is a matter of great concern for the people of Wales.
“Councillors across the country should be working to promote the language, not talking it down.
“The people of Llanrwst deserve better.”
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What do you expect from an effing Tory! When will people understand that anyone in Wales who votes Tory must be effing bonkers because in no way shape or form can they ever hope to understand us or work for us. It really makes my blood boil! I’ve neen teaching Welsh for 31 years and this undermines all my efforts and is another Tory lie. I cannot begin to describe how much I despise Tories. I think they shouls all have been , to quote Johnson the idiot’s words, “spaffed” against a wall and I have not even touched the… Read more »
Not necessarily bonkers. Could simply be colonials voting for their own. The joys of free movement of people.
Dyfarniad un sy’n anllythrennog yn y Gymraeg. Mae lle yma i bobol dda Llanrwst ledaenu ei orwelion neu symud ei borfa.
Wrth gwrs, nid yw pob Tori yn wrth Gymraeg, ac mae lan i’r rhai sy’n parchu’r iaith goleuo ei chwiorydd a brodyr anwybodus. Hefyd mae angen i bobl Llanrwst helpu yn hyn o beth, ond bydd angen wneud hyn yn garedig, achos roedd y system addysg ar gael iddynt yn y gorffennol mor annigonol.
Tori? Ceidwad!!
Gyrfa ar ben yn fuan, gobeithio. Grrr!
What a bitch
Typical english
No, it isn’t typical.
With this reactionary Boris gov. the Tory imperialist settlers now feel confident enough to
say what they truly feel. Cofio!
All this talk in the media everyone calling each other ”nazis” and here’s the real thing right under our noses….
No, it’s a massively important symbol of nationhood. I take it you didn’t go to the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol then?
I didn’t bother going to the eisteddfod because Metallica Wern,t playing there only crap Welsh choirs
Where was this comment ?
I agree with her so what its my opinion the ”National” Eisteddfod was a blight on local people.
The only problem for residents was the traffic, but the event itself was, as you would expect, welcomed and well received, as it is wherever it’s held. It’s the very populariity of the festival that produced so much traffic, but they seem to have managed it quite well, and were able also to cater for dsabled parking.