Say sorry, keep quiet for a week, then let rip again. Clegg and LibDem chief whip Alistair Carmichael said his language had been “neither proportionate nor precise”, yet David Ward was never going to be able to hold his poisonous tongue for long:
It's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people
— David Ward (@DWard) July 27, 2013
No more apologies – we who support the # Palestinians are in the right – history will prove us right
— David Ward (@DWard) July 27, 2013
"Apartheid state" – disproportionate language? Wake up in #Gaza with sewage stinking sea one side -nuclear armed state other – what u think?
— David Ward (@DWard) July 27, 2013
More cynical people than Guido have suggested that the LibDems had an ulterior motive in only suspending the whip from David Ward until September 13th. Now they can make it permanent…