Labour candidate fired for posting offensive views

LABOUR fired a parliamentary candidate yesterday over offensive comments he posted on Twitter, embarrassing Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of May’s election.

Stuart MacLennan, candidate for the Scottish constituency of Moray, posted profanity-laced comments about Labour and opposition politicians, celebrities and local people on the online micro-blogging service.

MacLennan reportedly branded the elderly “coffin dodgers” and posted a series of foul-mouthed rants about politicians.