This afternoon Alex Salmond faced a public backlash after he appeared to use a television appearance to push his own politics, while paying tribute to the late Charles Kennedy. The Scottish Nationalist claimed on air that Kennedy, who passed away yesterday, was never really a true supporter of the Better Together campaign.
Now Jenny Rathbone, the Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician, has also risked the ire of the public with a tweet claiming that the 55-year-old’s passing is a ‘sad end to demise of Lib Dems’:
Many were quick to suggest that it was wrong to use his death as material for a political shot, and Rathbone hastily deleted the tweet:
@DeansOfCardiff I deleted it because it seemed to cause offence. None intended. Charles Kennedy a great politician who got it right on Iraq
On Monday night, a hundred Reform staff and donors met at a Marylebone pub to toast the local election results. A jubilant Nigel Farage addressed his troops, who ran up a five-figure bill. They had good reason to celebrate. With 30 per cent of the vote, Reform crushed Labour (20 per cent) and the Tories
Many were quick to suggest that it was wrong to use his death as material for a political shot, and Rathbone hastily deleted the tweet:
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