THE LibDems have deselected their candidate in Banff and Buchan, after he called for Boris Johnson and other senior Tories to be chopped up and “burned at the stake”.
Writing on his Facebook page, Galen Milne singled out the Prime Minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove, former International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and ex-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davies.
The LibDem wrote: “Johnson, Fox, Gove, Davis, Rees-Mogg should be hung, drawn and quartered, with each quarter being sent to the 4 corners of the UK to be burned at the stake”.
He is also said to have described Johnson’s backbenchers as “Tory rats” who “rear their ugly heads”.
Responding on Twitter, Jacob Rees-Mogg appeared to make light of Milne’s comments.
He tweeted: “Typical LibDem. Mr Milne should get his facts straight. As Lord President of the Council, I am entitled to the privilege of being beheaded.”
A spokesman for the Scottish LibDems confirmed Milne would not stand for the party at the next election.
The spokesman said: “Such language is unacceptable and offensive, Galen Milne will not be a Liberal Democrat candidate at the general election.”
After his deselection, Milne, whose Glasgow based firm Thistle Scientific business supplies university labs with scientific equipment, said: “I deeply regret the offensive statements on social media. I want to apologise to anyone that I have offended.”
Milne’s not the only LibDem to find themselves in trouble this weekend.
North Devon Westminster hopeful Kirsten Johnson had a shocker of an interview on Radio 4’s World at One when she appeared to call her potential constituents racist.
Asked by the presenter why Leave was so popular in her local area in 2016, Johnson said: “Demographically it’s 98% white. We don’t have a lot of ethnic minorities living in North Devon. People aren’t exposed to people from other countries.
“They don’t travel a lot.”
Asked what this had had to do with the Brexit vote. A flustered Johnson replied: “I didn’t mean to mean that it has anything to do with it at all - just saying that when I speak to people I am hearing comments to me ... when it ... it refers to race. You’ve got ... you’ve got me in a corner here.”
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