North Lanarkshire Depute Provost blasted for describing local youths as "feral"
dailyrecord.co.ukNorth Lanarkshire’s Depute Provost sparked a furious row within the council chamber by describing local youths as “feral”.During a meeting of the Education, Children & Families Committee earlier this week, Councillor Bob Burgess stunned members saying that there were children in North Lanarkshire who were ‘feral’, that ‘the youth of today, they're a nightmare’, and ‘these are young men who are carrying knives'.Councillor Burgess, who represents the Central Wishaw ward, later intervened to withdraw his comments, saying he should instead have referred to the youth of North Lanarkshire as ‘wild’.However, members of the SNP have called on the Conservative elected member to resign from his role immediately.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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