"Did you cross yourself there?"
Brexit has been dominating the coverage of the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool and rightly so, but the unbelievably crass behaviour of a party official has also made the headlines in Scotland, for all the wrong reasons.
I said on Twitter at the time:
I said on Twitter at the time:
So, far from accepting Andy Kerr's mealy mouthed apology, I think he should be asked to explain himself properly to Scotland's press and media who would no doubt ask if he has any links to organisations such as the Orange Order and the Freemasons.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45625635
Labour official 'sorry' for anti-Catholic comment
Media caption - Andy Kerr: "Seeing as you are being persistent, I am going to take you. Did you cross yourself there? In that case I might not."
A Scottish Labour party official who made an anti-Catholic comment at the party's UK conference has apologised.
Andy Kerr, the chairman of the UK Labour party's ruling National Executive Committee, said he "might not" call a female delegate to speak after seeing her cross herself.
He later apologised "unreservedly" for the "ill-judged and wrong" comment.
Scottish leader Richard Leonard said there was "absolutely no room" in the party for such "unacceptable" remarks.
Mr Kerr was speaking from the stage at Labour's conference in Liverpool when he invited a question from a female delegate.
During a live broadcast on the BBC's Parliament channel, he was then heard, but not seen, saying: "Did you cross yourself, there? In that case, I might not."
Questioned about this, Mr Kerr - who is also a deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union - said he would "apologise unreservedly".
He added: "I was trying to be light-hearted, but what I said was ill-judged and wrong."
Labour official 'sorry' for anti-Catholic comment
Media caption - Andy Kerr: "Seeing as you are being persistent, I am going to take you. Did you cross yourself there? In that case I might not."
A Scottish Labour party official who made an anti-Catholic comment at the party's UK conference has apologised.
Andy Kerr, the chairman of the UK Labour party's ruling National Executive Committee, said he "might not" call a female delegate to speak after seeing her cross herself.
He later apologised "unreservedly" for the "ill-judged and wrong" comment.
Scottish leader Richard Leonard said there was "absolutely no room" in the party for such "unacceptable" remarks.
Mr Kerr was speaking from the stage at Labour's conference in Liverpool when he invited a question from a female delegate.
During a live broadcast on the BBC's Parliament channel, he was then heard, but not seen, saying: "Did you cross yourself, there? In that case, I might not."
Questioned about this, Mr Kerr - who is also a deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union - said he would "apologise unreservedly".
He added: "I was trying to be light-hearted, but what I said was ill-judged and wrong."
