Here we go. There’s been a lot of talk in recent months of the vicious rhetoric coming from Brexiteers – but what about ardent Remainers? Zac Goldsmith – the MP for Richmond Park – has taken to social media to share a letter that was sent to an 80-year-old constituent.
Signed by ‘the real 48 per cent’, the author of the letter promises:
‘We are coming for you. We are going to kill you.’
This morning my 80-year old constituent received this note. pic.twitter.com/6kJKK3Y0OA
— Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith) February 5, 2018
Well, Mr S did always think there was something rather sinister about the Remainer claim that Brexit voters would die at a faster rate to those who voted In…

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