MP resigns over white van/English flag tweet

[Ari]

Dumb thing to do but worth resigning over..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30139832

Emily Thornberry has resigned from Labour's front bench after sending a tweet during the Rochester and Strood by-election which was branded "snobby".

The shadow attorney general apologised for the message, which showed a terraced house with three England flags, and a white van parked outside.

UKIP said she had "sneered, and looked down her nose at a white van in Strood with the cross of St George on it".

Labour leader Ed Miliband was "angry" at her, a senior figure told the BBC.

The resident of the house, Dan Ware, said Ms Thornberry - the MP for Islington South and Finsbury - was a "snob".

[Ari]

Mrr T said:

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

You'd prefer some dumbwit in a bedsit?