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,