Peter Hoskin

The voters’ wrath

Wow.  The Bracknell Forest Standard has released footage (see below) from Andrew MacKay’s meeting with his constituents last week.  If you remember, the MP didn’t allow TV cameras into the hall, and subsequently claimed that most of those present were on his side.  This footage gives the lie to that, as it shows them subjecting him to an absolute kicking.  Indeed, you wonder whether the disconnect between MacKay’s version of events and reality was one of the reasons Cameron ditched him:

As Tim Montgomerie says over at ConservativeHome, other receipt offenders should look on and tremble.

Hat-tip: ConservativeHome 

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