Tory MP Pauline Latham defends 'get a life' tweet sent 'in error' to sick pay query

[editor]

Tories. Absolute filth.

A Tory MP said a tweet sent to someone asking about sick pay which read "get a life" was not meant to be shared to them.

Pauline Latham, who has represented mid Derbyshire since 2010, wrote the post on Saturday.

Another user on Twitter said: "Hi @Pauline_Latham, is £94 a week SSP [statutory sick pay] is enough to live on [sic]? How could you manage it?"

A post from Ms Latham, 72, then said: "Get a life."

Much backtracking here Tory MP defends 'get a life' tweet sent 'in error' to sick pay query

 

[BristolEcho]

A quick Google tells you that she is a bit of a wrong un to be fair.

 

[two sheds]

Did she say who she intended to send it to?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Did she say who she intended to send it to?

She claims that her comments were aimed at 'keyboard warriors' and not those forced to live on SSP

 

[two sheds]

But in this case the keyboard warrior happened to be forced to live on SSP

 

[Chilli.s]

With her expenses of £178,609 in the last financial year you'd have hoped that the £139,725 paid on staff would have made such statements imposable.

 

[Chilli.s]

Seems like she's the keyboard warrior. A poor but telling response to a reasonable inquiry.

 

[Sue]

She's my friends' MP. They absolutely hate her. With good reason, over and above the usual Tory thing.

 

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