Cllr Chris Whitehouse, “was hauled before the [Isle of Wight] Association to explain his actions and he apologised for making his remarks in the public domain”, it’s been reported.
This was in connection with the Tweets he started sending out on 7th October this year, alleging, “Nasty cabal on #IsleOfWight manipulated by bitter failed former Council Leader trying to unseat excellent Island MP Andrew Turner.”
David Cameron was Tweeted
People included in Cllr Whitehouse’s individually addressed Tweets were David Cameron; the Chief Political Commentator at the Telegraph, Peter Oborne and London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
That evening, OnTheWight ran an article titled ‘Attempt to oust Andrew Turner as 2015 Isle of Wight MP candidate‘, disclosing details of a significant rift in the IWCA for the first time.
Over the following weeks, denials were made by senior figures in the IWCA, as were leaked letters which claimed contrary to this.
Wells: “We demanded his presence”
The snippet in today’s CP has a quote from Alan Wells, IWCA Chairman, which says “We demanded [Cllr Whitehouse’s] presence and he apologised, basically”
We contacted the normally publicity-friendly Cllr Whitehouse, but haven’t as yet heard back from him. We also contacted Alan Wells, but haven’t heard back from him either.
