In an attempt to sound clever, he quoted a Shakespearean quote on Twitter that contained the word 'ape' to two people. The second person was black (Martin Shapland) and he believed this to be a racist comment:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/a...-a4348261.html
Was he being racist? Should he have been forced to stand down?
Mr Stewart denies being racist, Mr Shapland says an apology would have sufficed and has received abuse and a death threat.