Young Tory rebuked for ‘Birmingham is a dump’ remark

THE Tory mayor of the West Midlands has rebuked a fellow Conservative for describing Birmingham as a “dump” after he travelled to the city during party conference season.

Daniel Grainger, the chairman of Young Conservative Network, was told to leave and “take anyone with the same views with you” by Andy Street after sharing the remark on Twitter.

Mr Grainger later apologised and deleted the post – which had read “Birmingham is a dump – claiming it “was not about the city” and that he had been the victim of a mugging attempt earlier yesterday.

In a later tweet, Mr Grainger wrote: “My tweet in relation to Birmingham was not about the city or its people.

“I’ve always enjoyed my visits to your city, but this morning I was greeted by an individual who threatened me with a mugging. I was angry and tweeted without thinking, I apologise for any offence caused.

“I’d also like to directly apologise to (Andy Street), the (Conservatives) and other representatives of Birmingham for my ill-conceived comments. I have now deleted the tweet.”

Mr Street said: “I may be a Conservative, but I’m also a b----y proud Brummie.”