Cllr Stephen Speak Tory Richmond Borough Cabinet Member joked England's losing rugby players should be sent on a bus to Coventry
He joked England's losing rugby players should be sent on a bus to Coventry – just hours after two people lost their lives in a double-decker crash in the city.
He deleted his tweet and apologised
To send someone to Coventry is a British idiom meaning to deliberately ostracise someone. Typically, this is done by not talking to them, avoiding someone's company and generally pretending that they no longer exist. Victims are treated as though they are completely invisible and inaudible. It is often used to punish people who, for example, refuse to join a strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_to_Coventry
He joked England's losing rugby players should be sent on a bus to Coventry – just hours after two people lost their lives in a double-decker crash in the city.
He deleted his tweet and apologised
A huge error. I hadn't heard the news at the time and send my apologies
— Cllr. Stephen Speak (@North_Richmond) October 3, 2015
To send someone to Coventry is a British idiom meaning to deliberately ostracise someone. Typically, this is done by not talking to them, avoiding someone's company and generally pretending that they no longer exist. Victims are treated as though they are completely invisible and inaudible. It is often used to punish people who, for example, refuse to join a strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_to_Coventry
