Sadiq Khan thought it was all very funny when he tweeted a letter he had received from Neil Kinnock joking that Eric Pickles might not survive running the London marathon and that his death would hand Labour “a helpful by-election”:

Now silly Sadiq is very sorry:

Profuse apologies to @EricPickles – I have spoken to him to apologise & am sorry. Inappropriate tweet.

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) March 27, 2014

Hardly behaviour becoming of a man who keeps accusing the Tories of being the nasty party…

UPDATE:

Happy to accept @SadiqKhan apology for an inappropriate tweet. So far as I am concerned the matter is closed

— Lord (Eric) Pickles (@EricPickles) March 27, 2014