Politics
Jo Swinson blasted by animal rights charities after “harrowing” footage found on private facebook
The Liberal Democrat leader can clearly be seen loading a slingshot with pebbles and firing them at squirrels in her garden.
A spokesman for the RSPA described Swinson’s behaviour as “sickening and cruel” and demanded an apology:
“I’ve never seen anyone so alive with twisted pleasure at the thought of harming another living creature. The glee is palpable.”
In the recording, which was taken in 2011 and has so far received almost 3000 views, Swinson can be heard to refer to the squirrels as ”pleb bunnies” and boasts about her aim:
“I’m a crack shot. I don’t go for the head because that’s too clean a death.”