Talks about controversial Twitter comments, made by town and district councillor Bob Frost have been cancelled.

A discussion was tabled at a meeting of the district council last night, but the authority's monitoring officer Dave Randall gave information that led to the withdrawal of the motion, saying the issue should not be debated publicly.

Cllr Frost, who claimed Dover people are killing themselves by living on a diet of lard and fags, did not make the comments in his capacity as a councillor, he said.

No complaints have been made to the district council.

It is not the first time Cllr Frost has raised eyebrows with his satirical social media outbursts.

In 2011, the Dover and Deal Conservative party launched an investigation after he appalled Facebookers, alluding to the London rioters as "Jungle Bunnies."

In recent weeks he asked Labour Parliamentary candidate Clair Hawkins whether her sense of humour by-pass was paid for privately or done by the NHS.

The monitoring officer said councillors will be trained in the appropriate use of social media from now on from May 2015 after the local government elections.

He will write to central government to strengthen the standards procedure in local government.

For the full story, and Cllr Frost's reaction, see the Mercury next week.