The Account was an old one
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling |
SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling AN SNP election candidate has apologised after posting offensive messages on Twitter likening anti-independence campaigners to **** collaborators and disparaging the elderly. Neil Hay, who is aiming to dislodge Labour’s Ian Murray in Edinburgh South, suggested some elderly voters “can barely remember their names” in a series of posts under the pseudonym Paco McSheepie. Despite insisting the account was old, it remained active until earlier this month – and was only deleted yesterday after the Evening News approached the SNP. Scottish Labour deputy leader Kezia Dugdale today called for Mr Hay to be sacked, saying the issue was “a test of Nicola Sturgeon’s leadership”. Mr Hay posted many of the offensive tweets while he was officially running the Yes Scotland campaign in Edinburgh Southern. One, on October 22, 2012, likened supporters of the UK to “Quislings” – a reference to the name of the **** collaborator who headed the puppet Norwegian government during Hitler’s occupation of the Scandinavian country. However, the strongest attacks were aimed at pensioners. Two tweets on June 8, 2012, mocked some elderly voters for “barely knowing their own name”, and claimed: “The generation who vote the same way because they always have done are dying off.” Today, Mr Hay said: “The words in these old tweets were poorly chosen, and I apologise for any offence caused. They are not in keeping with the way I would express myself now. “To make it clear that I and the way I express myself have moved on – I hope and believe for the better – I deleted this Twitter account, and only use my own campaign account.” The businessman, who currently works as a full-time volunteer for the Edinburgh Cyrenians charity, also used the account to support Yes supporters shouting down Labour’s Glasgow Central MP Anas Sarwar, the only Muslim MP in Scotland, when he was speaking at a cross-party rally in support of the victims of violence in Gaza. The Westminster candidate also claimed the UK parliament “has an attraction to the vile and greedy and can corrupt even those with good intentions”. Ms Dugdale said the tweets showed there was “no distinction” between “keyboard warriors using offensive slurs and the SNP’s official representatives”. She said: “Nicola Sturgeon must sack Neil Hay. When a journalist was called a quisling recently the SNP leader said that kind of language has absolutely no place in democratic political debate. “This is a test for Nicola Sturgeon. Does she think it is acceptable for a parliamentary candidate to use an anonymous account to abuse his opponents? Does she think it is acceptable to compare the majority of Scots to **** collaborators?” The news followed a poll by Lord Ashcroft which showed the Edinburgh South seat was on a knife edge, with the SNP three points ahead of Labour. Mr Murray won the seat in 2010 by just 316 votes. http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n ... -1-3751958 |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling |
at the end of the day I just want to put all this stuff behind me Yes its true I strangled my wife, shot the triplets, set fire to the house and sold my young son to an old man on the train. But now... I just wanna put this thing behind me and get on with my life. George Carlin |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling |
The Account was an old one trying to get out of it?
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling |
Nidge2 wrote: The Account was an old one trying to get out of it?In fairness - I think the story basically tells anyone interested in politics - or who aspires to be a politician - not to bother because someone will always try to dig up dirt. |
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| Author: | trotskys twin [ Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SNP candidate sorry over Twitter trolling |
captain cab wrote: Nidge2 wrote: The Account was an old one trying to get out of it?In fairness - I think the story basically tells anyone interested in politics - or who aspires to be a politician - not to bother because someone will always try to dig up dirt. Surely thats a full time job? |
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