Equality spokesperson calls women's group 'absolute roasters'
Dundee City Council's equalities spokesperson has been embroiled in an online row in which the councillor branded a women's group 'absolute roasters'.
Councillor Gregor Murray made the remark during a spat over social network Twitter with Talat Yaqoob, founder of the Women 50:50 campaign.
The campaign aims to have proportional representation for women in local and national government.
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Hide AdIn a series of exchanges, Ms Yaqoob said “many improvements were clearly needed” within Dundee City Council on equality, a claim which Murray — who is also the Children and Families Services convener, called “false”.