After Guido reported David Ward’s second yellow card offence yesterday, he has now been ordered to meet the LibDem chief whip for a second time. Guido understands that the party leadership has run out of patience after Ward’s refusal to back down, apparently “decisions will be made“. The real problem for Ward is his isolation from fellow LibDem MPs. A senior party source whispers to Guido:
“David is swiftly losing the support of his colleagues. At first there was some sympathy that he could have genuinely misspoken. That argument is wearing very thin. He seems to think that being pro-Palestine is the same as being anti-Semitic.”
Ward this morning tweeted that he has a “busy day ahead”. He better believe it…