Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson apologises for ‘insensitive’ tweet
by Stephen Tall on January 17, 2013
A swift retraction by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson of this tweet, reacting to the news David Cameron has cancelled his landmark speech on Europe as a result of the hostage crisis in Algeria:
Immediately condemned as ‘clearly sick and offensive’ by Nick Clegg’s spokesman, Graham has now issued this apology:
I wish to apologise profusely for the insensitive tweet I issued earlier. I have taken it down.
— Graham Watson MEP (@grahamwatsonmep) January 17, 2013
* Stephen Tall is Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, a Research Associate for the liberal think-tank CentreForum, and also writes at his own site, The Collected Stephen Tall.