article_snippet: I did not want to give Mr Ashby a reason to discipline me or give me a hard time, especially in front of others.
article_snippet: the tribunal in Reading, Berkshire heard Mr Ashby then approached the experienced swimming instructor and told Mr Ashby
article_snippet: it was 'wrong' for Mr Ashby to teach children. '
article_snippet: When I asked Mr Ashby why, Mr Ashby asked me if I was a Tory.
article_snippet: I responded, I told Mr Ashby that I was a Conservative to which Mr Ashby said 'gay and Tory can mean only one thing'. '
article_snippet: I asked Mr Ashby 'what does that mean then?' to which Mr Ashby laughed and said 'paedo' and walked away. '
article_snippet: I had questioned and interrogated a number of senior managers at Parkwood whilst at the tribunal in Reading, Berkshire. '
article_snippet: However, when Mr Britton complained to Mr Ashby, Mr Britton told Mr Britton to 'lighten up' and that it was just 'banter.'
article_snippet: Mr Britton told the hearing that Mr Ashby had also made jibes about Mr Ashby hair loss including saying 'here comes the bald queer' which Mr Ashby described as 'very hurtful.' '
article_snippet: I believe that Mr Ashby's comments were made because Mr Ashby does not like homosexuals and that Mr Ashby would do anything to be nasty and create difficulties for Mr Britton at work because of my assistance to Dale Moore in 2012. '
article_snippet: Almost every month superior Mr Ashby would ask me to check Mr Britton timesheets.
article_snippet: superior Mr Ashby never told me why, not did superior Mr Ashby
article_snippet: Swimming instructor Alex Jones recalled an incident when superior Mr Ashby made apparently derogatory remarks about Paul Britton partner.
article_snippet: Swimming instructor Alex Jones said Swimming instructor Alex Jones was in the swim office with Paul Britton and Swimming instructor Alex Jones partner Daniel Beech when superior Mr Ashby walked in and said 'Paul and I are going to run away together.'
article_snippet: When Paul Britton explained that Daniel Beech was Paul Britton boyfriend, superior Mr Ashby said 'each to each own' before waving superior Mr Ashby hands in the air and walking off. '
article_snippet: I did not know if superior Mr Ashby's comments were made because Paul Britton and Daniel Beech are homosexual and that Graham disapproved of Paul Britton and Daniel Beech relationship, or if it was because Daniel Beech is half Chinese. '