The above is a racist incident on a bus, here in this country, where at one point, the racist shouts, “Get out of my country, get out of my country” at a man whom he believes to be Nigerian.

This strikes us as very similar to the alleged incident occurring on 7th October in Sorrento, Italy, which involved Elaine Foulkes as the alleged perpetrator.

The stark difference here is that Elaine Foulkes, unlike your average “Josephine Bloggs”, is connected very closely i.e. married to Wirral Councillor Steve Foulkes.

Here is a list of his achievements:

• Former Wirral Council Leader for 12 years
• Former Wirral Mayor
• Currently serving on the Wirral Council “Executive” of senior councillors
• Currently serving on the Board of Merseytravel
• Currently serving on the Board of Magenta Living

As followers of this blog will know and appreciate, he was also council leader throughout a time when cultural failure…