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I've been following the Cambridge PPCs on Twitter (Lib Dem, Labour, Tory, Green, & an Independent... not seen the UKIP one or the Socialist).

After the bigot scandal (I refuse to use the ridiculous "gate" suffix), the Twitter account in the name of the Labour PPC, Daniel Zeichner, allegedly* posted this:

Originally Posted by twitter.com/danielzeichner

"these Eastern Europeans what are coming in, where are they flocking from?" Either she's bigoted or she has a very poor grasp of geography

and

Originally Posted by twitter.com/danielzeichner in reply to @oldhoborn

I deeply regret that the BNP have been successful in making xenophobic attitudes like hers popularly acceptable

*I didn't see it, as the Tweets in question - along with the entire Twitter account itself - have since been deleted. But political blogger & Independent candidate for Cambridge Old Holborn took some screengrabs...

http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/04/go...ll-daniel.html

http://www.oldholborn.net/2010/04/da...s-twitter.html


What then amused me was that Mr Zeichner then said the following to our local paper the Evening News (after Gordon Brown apologised to Gillian Duffy).

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home...that-gaffe.htm

Originally Posted by Cambridge Evening News

Cambridge’s Labour candidate Daniel Zeichner said: “I think most of us have said things we regret, but the key thing is how you deal with it, and he was right to apologise in person, which must have taken courage.

“Actually, it could just be the moment that brings the election alive. I’ve been saying on platform after platform that immigration is a key issue, particularly for working class voters in Cambridge.

“Julian Huppert says it doesn’t come up. It does, and we need to treat the worries that people like Gillian Duffy have very seriously.”