You’ve probably never heard of Councillor Rebecca Knox. Why would you have heard of her?
Anyway, the Councillor, who is head of the Dorset And Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, recently claimed her fifteen seconds or so of fame when being questioned by the Home Affairs Select Committee.
In so doing, Knox stated that the Authority was ‘institutionally racist’, which seems to be the fashionable thing to say these days. However when challenged to offer up some evidence of this by Lee ‘British Bulldog’ Anderson MP, she was reduced to mumbling incoherence, stating that ‘I’ll *mutter splutter* have to er get back um to you on that’.
Perhaps there is discrimination within the Authority, perhaps there isn’t; I don’t know. But neither it seems does Knox, who appears to have gone in for for a bit of box-ticking by rote without having any real grasp of the situation. Not a good look to offer up in front of a Parliamentary Committee.
I’ve no idea how long Knox has held this position, maybe she’s still trying to find her feet. If that’s the case, she should start by looking in her mouth.
Nominated by: Ron Knee



