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By Karen Dunn @Karen_Dunn Local Democracy Reporter Neil Parkin, leader of Adur District Council, linked Covid-19 to Chinese bat soup 0 comment A COUNCIL leader was accused of "casual racism" after linking Covid-19 to "somebody eating uncooked bat soup in China". Conservative Neil Parkin made the comment during a meeting of Adur District Council, which members of the public could watch via a live stream. His remarks, made in May last year, led to complaints sparking an investigation to decided whether he had breached the council's code of conduct. A hearing was told that there were concerns that his comment...
