Did you hear the one about the serving soldier threatening to kill a female politician?

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11. Army investigates soldier who sent death threat to Angela Rayner

Source: The Guardian

Army investigates soldier who sent death threat to Angela Rayner

Labour MP received tweet as MPs urged Boris Johnson to tone down his language

Kevin Rawlinson
Fri 27 Sep 2019 20.43 BST
Last modified on Fri 27 Sep 2019 21.35 BST

The army and police are investigating after a soldier sent a death threat to the shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, defence officials have said.

The commander of the British field army, Lt Gen Ivan Jones, and the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, denounced the message, which was posted on Twitter on Wednesday, as MPs pleaded with the prime minister to tone down his Brexit rhetoric, saying they feared it would incite violence against them.

Posting an image of the message online on Thursday, Rayner said it was just an example of the “usual vile tweet I get daily”. It read that she will “perish when civil war comes”, suggesting that people who voted for Brexit would be “gunning for blood if we don’t leave”.

Jones apologised and confirmed his belief that the tweet was posted by a serving soldier.

Link to tweet

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/27/army-investigates-soldier-who-sent-death-threat-to-angela-rayner