David Cameron is blaming the people who followed Stuart MacLennan for not acting on what he said via Twitter. What was Cameron advocating – a punch in the face? Capital punishment? Vigilante mobs?

But by speaking up like that – and what an asinine comment to make – he’s just highlighted the fact that Labour acted quickly and removed Stuart MacLennan while Chris Grayling still has a job despite anti-gay comments. It also makes Labour look like the party of listening/engaging with popular reaction while the Tories aren’t. *

And he’s being called out on the hypocrisy on Twitter and elsewhere with the hashtag #sackchrisgrayling picking up steam.

Besides, we live in a land of free speech and Stuart was entitled to say what he said. It may have cost him a potential job but he didn’t say anything illegal. He wasn’t advocating any law breaking. As Twitter has shown, some people actually agree with him about ugly people in Stirling and old folk.

(* Though as I just posted on Twitter: #Labour v.shallow if they knew of #StuartMacLennan #ukelection #ge2010 tweets but only sacking him as it’s in mainstream media )