Childminder married to Tory councillor pleads guilty to stirring up racial hatred

Lucy Connolly, 41, faces substantial' jail term over tweet calling for attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers

A childminder who is married to a Conservative councillor is facing a substantial" prison sentence after she admitted stirring up racial hatred with an inflammatory social media post.

Lucy Connolly tweeted about hotels housing asylum seekers on the same day three girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class in Southport. She said on X: Mass deportation now, set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the bastards for all I care ... If that makes me racist, so be it."