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Is this the next candidate to be axed for their online insults?

By Ryan Cullen | Mon 12th April 2010 - 10:20 am

On Friday the new and traditional media were full of the tale of Stuart MacLennan, whose foul tirades led to his removal as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Moray. Amongst those leading the calls for his removal were the head on the Conservative’s press office, Henry Macrory and the Conservative Party leader David Cameron, who described the remarks as “pretty appalling“.

So you might wonder what the Conservative hierarchy might think of a candidate who posted this:

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Posted in News and Online politics | Also tagged chris hawes, david cameron, henry macrory and stuart maclennan | 27 Comments

When should a politician say sorry?

By Stephen Tall | Tue 14th April 2009 - 4:22 pm

Damian McBride’s indefensibly puerile emails seeking to smear senior Tories (and Nadine Dorries) have left David Cameron understandably livid:

David Cameron is demanding a personal apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown over e-mails sent by an adviser discussing smearing the Tories. The Tory leader is “absolutely furious” and is calling on Mr Brown to give a guarantee that such messages will not be sent again, a spokeswoman said.

Many will argue – no matter which party they support – that this is the very least Mr Brown should do. It does not matter that he is not personally …

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Posted in News | Also tagged conservative party, damian mcbride, david cameron, sara bedford and watford | 2 Comments

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