What is Cllr Lindsay guilty of?
Is he guilty of making a very stupid observation redolent of many upper middle-class men of his background and vintage?
Yes, is the answer.
Is he a racist?...No!
Lindsay is one of the best resident-facing councillors this Borough has.
That's not just the Dame's opinion but one shared by residents from across the borough irrespective of who they are and their politics. When asked to help he gets stuck in.
When Thames Water flooded the Borough with sewage Lindsay fought unrelentingly for victims.
The Dame got a Whats App from an avowed and influential Labour propagandist. She was blunt in saying Lindsay will be very much missed by residents.
Lindsay took the job of councillor and mayor very seriously.
He is a good man and should be remembered for that not a stupid aberration.