On the subject of councillors making rude remarks to other councillors (see Blue Murder below) which (long-serving) councillor used a totally disgusting racist phrase which has been excised from the audio recording of  a recent public meeting but where you can still hear (if this is not also excised after this post) the audible gasps of horror from the public as he said it?

Alas, without the missing seconds, we cannot prove the existence of the words, which were far, far, worse than those made by Mrs Wragg.

Is excision appropriate in such a case?