Wife of Tory councilor is arrested for RACIAL HATRED after saying rioters should 'set fire to all the migrant hotels' - but her husband insists she isn't a racist as she looks after 'Bangladeshi kids'

Wife of Tory councilor is arrested for RACIAL HATRED after saying rioters should 'set fire to all the migrant hotels' - but her husband insists she isn't a racist as she looks after 'Bangladeshi kids' By Iwan Stone Published: 22:44, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 22:46, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments The wife of a Tory councillor has been arrested for racial hatred after saying rioters should set fire to all the migrant hotels. Lucie Connolly, who works as a childminder in Northamptonshire, concluded her vile tweet with the phrase: 'if that makes me racist, so be it.' She has since deleted her post and blamed it on 'a moment of extreme outrage and emotion' when she was acting on 'false and malicious' information.

Her husband Raymond, who is vice chair of the committee on adult social care at West Northamptonshire Council, responded to the BBC by saying his wife is not racist - because she looks after 'Somalian and Bangladeshi kids'. Northamptonshire Police said that a 41-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after reports of a hate crime regarding a social media post. Posting on Twitter , Connolly said: 'Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b******* for all I care, while you're at it take the treacherous government and politicians with them.

Lucie Connolly, who works as a childminder in Northamptonshire, concluded her vile tweet with the phrase: 'if that makes me racist, so be it' She has since deleted her post a.