DOOMED BY HIS ‘ DEATH THREAT’ TWEET
ACTIVIST Chris Cooke was suspended from the Liberal Democrats after saying that he hoped a prominent Tory would not ‘escape the noose’.
He made the remark on social media about MP Anna Soubry, who called on Tim Farron to condemn it.
Mr Cooke is now likely to face further investigation after admitting manufacturing the allegations against Mr Farron.
Mr Cooke deleted his entire Twitter account – but his supporters insisted he was not making a death threat and was just using a colourful image in a debate about a police investigation into election expenses.
Cooke, a student nurse, made the remark late on April 30 when a Twitter user, referring to the investigation, claimed that Ms Soubry was ‘one of the accused’.
Mr Cooke wrote back: ‘I think you’ve just made my bank holiday weekend. She is a nasty piece of work.’
When a fellow Lib Dem claimed the Conservatives were delaying the inquiry,
which later cleared all but one person, Mr Cooke replied: ‘There are many of us hoping that she will not escape the noose this time. Do you reckon it should be a GE [general election] issue?’
The offending message did not name Broxtowe MP Ms Soubry but she spotted it a day later, saved an image of it and tweeted it to Mr Farron, saying: ‘Pls condemn this type of language. He is Broxtowe Lib Dem activist & needs telling this is unacceptable.’
There are many of us hoping that she will not escape the noose this time... do you reckon it should be a GE issue?