UK lawmaker demoted over Nazi-themed stag party

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Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:34p.m.

Guests toasted the third reich at the party (Daily Mail)

Guests toasted the third reich at the party (Daily Mail)

A British Conservative lawmaker in Britain has been fired as a parliamentary aide for attending a friend's Nazi-themed stag party.

The party said that Aidan Burley had "behaved in a manner which is offensive and foolish" and had been removed as parliamentary private secretary to the transport minister.

The party says Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into Burley's behaviour.

Last week a newspaper ran a picture showing Burley with a man dressed in an SS uniform at the party.

Burley said he felt "deep regret" about the event, at which guests toasted the Third Reich.

In a letter to the Jewish Chronicle newspaper, he offered an "unreserved, wholehearted and fulsome apology" and said he had "made the wrong choice not to leave" the party.

AP

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19 Dec 2011 07:39p.m.

andrew harris wrote:

I have to say I am sick and tired of the west bowing down to Jewish hypocrisy. Are you scared the Warburgs, Rothschilds will stop your world bank credit? Israel is a terror nation. It has led tyranny and murder within Palestine for decades. As for the numbers alleged to have died at the hands of the Nazi party, it has 'never' been academically verified. Yes it did occur however media spin will always get you a new holy land eh such as Israel. While I am no fan of Hilter, his regime made huge scientific advances all of which are now used by the USA and UK. I would have thought that this MP was entitled to their own value system whether it's in Nazi life or not. Oh I forget, The Duke of York is Greek and the Queen is Germanic...

19 Dec 2011 02:05p.m.

Wilbur wrote:

Certainly glorifying Nazism is a bad look. 6 years of murder and tyranny against the Jewish is a terrible thing. However one does have to wonder if the reaction would have been the same had it been an Israeli themed party? Their treatment of the Palestines has many similarities to the way the Nazis treated the Jews. This shows how slow humanity is to learn from its mistakes.