MEP claims tweeted Anglo rant was due to hack

The revelation of the Anglo tapes may have sparked communal expletives from an irate nation but such language isn’t normally heard from the country’s politicians.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins seemed to break rank with that convention on social media with a colourful remark on the topic overnight.

A message was posted on the Twitter account of the North West of Ireland MEP at 2.40am yesterday with the observation: “ANGLO can fuck off . Those tapes are digusting [sic].”