I called the press office this morning asking for a copy of the guidelines that councillors operate under when posting to their council blogs.

The link to his controversial post now leads to a 404 page.

A council spokesman said:

“We have temporarily removed the entry to allow us to discuss these issues with him away from the glare of current publicity.”

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