Drunk council leader accused of drinking bottle of gin and vowing to 'wipe out' Plaid Cymru quits
Drunk council leader accused of drinking bottle of gin and vowing to 'wipe out' Plaid Cymru quitsImage source, Neath Port Talbot CouncilImage caption, Steve Hunt will continue to serve as an independent councillor in his constituencyByLewis SmithLocal Democracy Reporting…
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Drunk council leader accused of drinking bottle of gin and vowing to 'wipe out' Plaid Cymru quitsImage source, Neath Port Talbot CouncilImage caption, Steve Hunt will continue to serve as an independent councillor in his constituencyByLewis SmithLocal Democracy Reporting ServicePublished2 minutes agoA council leader who fell over while drunk after allegations he drank a "whole bottle of gin" and then threatened to "wipe out" the Welsh party Plaid Cymru has quit.Steve Hunt, from Neath Port Talbot Council, said he "should have exercised better judgement" after becoming "intoxicated" at a Welsh Local Government Association conference.Hunt said he was a strong supporter of the Welsh language, but admitted saying he wanted to "wipe out" Plaid Cymru politically as "banter".He denied drinking a…
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