Although Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to tackle her party’s ‘cybernats’ over the online abuse of those who do not support Scottish independence, the SNP leader may need to reassess her current efforts following this weekend’s events.
After news broke that Michelle Mone is to be awarded a peerage by the Tories, the lingerie entrepreneur was besieged with insults online from SNP supporters. However, the ‘cybernats’ were not done there. Following the death of Cilla Black at the age of 72, while many rushed to tweet messages of condolence to her friends and family, others simply recalled the late singer’s support of the Better Together campaign — during which Black signed a letter urging Scotland to remain in the UK:
Cilla Black, a Thatcherite who opposed an Independent Scotland. Cant join in the cybergrief. #cilla
— Zayn Ghaffur (@MrSuperAli) August 3, 2015
Black’s co-signature Frances Barber, the Silk actress, has been quick to call out the party over the tweets:
https://twitter.com/francesbarber13/status/627851456335384576
https://twitter.com/francesbarber13/status/627865392526946305
Happily, some SNP supporters have at least been able to put their politics aside to remember the woman who offered a lorra, lorra laughs:
Aw, Cilla Black seemed too full of life to have died. Only 72, that's too young.
— Gillian Craigie (@GillCraigie) August 2, 2015
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