Mayoral Candidate In Misogynistic Rant
2016-10-13
Rotherham’s embattled Council faced further embarrassment last night as fresh evidence emerged of the misogynistic past of mayoral candidate Norman Fettle, casting a spotlight on his already under-fire campaign.
Security footage released by the Landlord of the County Arms, Wellgate, shows a clearly inebriated Fettle, 69, out celebrating his birthday with friends. On the tape, Fettle can clearly be heard bragging to barmaid Tracy Flanker that “being a local celebrity I can get any woman I want. I just have to chat to them. If they’ve got a pet, it’s better. I just force my way in by stroking their cat or summat like that.”
In the shocking tapes, Tracey can then be seen turning away as Fettle, pulls a Les Dawsonesque face as he winks at his long time friend and Council colleague, Baz Scupper.
In the past, Fettle has courted controversy by promising to “build a huge wall to keep out Sheffielder’s” which he’s vowed to make them pay for. He’s also accused Sheffield of being a haven for criminals and the reason why Rotherham has such a huge influx of “stuff that we don’t want a huge influx of – like immigrants, poor people and that.”
The release of the County Arms tapes is the final straw for a number of local Councillors, who have rescinded their support. Councillor for Canklow, Vera Smudge, released a statement yesterday saying she condemns Fettle’s latest comments wholeheartedly and is now seriously questioning whether his therapeutic buttock massage qualifications are from a genuine college.
The Bugle visited Fettle at his East Dene address for comment, but a large woman who answered the door wearing a basque, fish net stocking and rigger boots said we’d got the wrong house, and that she was only there to do work on a knackered old pipe.
Despite the setbacks, the retired Offal Magnate who was known a The King Of Tripe during his heyday, remained defiant when we eventually caught up with him last night, “I’ve done nowt wrong,” he told us over the phone “It was just pub talk. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got someone in working on my extension.”
