A Tory council leader has come under fire after posting a Facebook picture of her luxury steak dinner with a message saying: ‘Wonder what all the poor people are doing?’
Kay Mason Billig, 61, who leads Norfolk County Council and is a former Tory parliamentary candidate insisted that she was making a self-depreciating joke about her circumstances rather than mocking people in poverty
But opposition councillors criticised her comment as ‘shocking’ and she is now facing calls for her resignation.
The post by Mrs Mason Billig who is also chairman of the Standards Committee of South Norfolk Council, appeared on one of her publicly visible Facebook accounts on Saturday evening and has since been deleted.
One of her pictures showed a freshly-cooked Tomahawk steak ready to be carved on a board, beside a bottle of red wine, a bowl of salad and a potato dish in peppercorn sauce.
