Labour candidate Stuart MacLennan sacked over Twitter rants

[Temujin]

The general election campaign claimed its first scalp today when Labour sacked one of its candidates in Scotland who posted dozens of offensive comments on his Twitter page.

The spectacular "Twitter suicide" overshadowed Labour's formal campaign launch in Scotland and left Gordon Brown fuming.

Stuart MacLennan, 24, a rising star of the Scottish Labour Party who was standing in the Moray constituency, shut down his account on the microblogging site early this morning after The Scottish Sun reported that he had branded the elderly "coffin-dodgers".

He had also labelled the Commons Speaker John Bercow a "t**", David Cameron a "t***" and Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, "a b******".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7093061.ece


When will these guys learn that social networking can have consequences.

Will this affect Labour?

What do our residential Brits on the forum think of this? Will Labour be affected? Or where they on the road to losing annyway and will this be their scapegoat?

 

[AWdeV]

Haha, they've done a nice job censoring that.

Rather silly of the man, but I can't say I disagree much.

 

[FrisianDude]

What a codger.

 

[Elenmmare]

The **** is a 't***'?

Also, I approve of 'coffin-dodger'.

 

[bugman]

Twat.

 

[Elenmmare]

Eh, can't believe I missed that.

Hardly asterix-worthy.

 

[AWdeV]

Asterisk.

 

[Elenmmare]

Holy ****, I made a spelling mistake!



Edit: OK, I hadn't even made the Asterix connection

 

[Trooper5445]

Eh, can't believe I missed that.

Hardly asterix-worthy.

Clearly a French conspiracy