The son of ancient socialist irritant Harry Leslie Smith has effectively been using his senile father as a sockpuppet on Twitter for years now to proselytise his Corbynite message. This has been increasingly obvious, containing as it has references to things and issues a man in his 90s simply wouldn't know. He's been called on this many times - blocking those who do this (including yours truly). So far, so silly and pathetic - typical Twitter, right?
However, yesterday things took a twisted new turn when said son admitted he was tweeting on his dad's account in order to announce that he had been taken into hospital and appeared to be on his last legs. For the last 24 hours, he has been effectively live-tweeting his dad's decline and (we must assume since 95 year-olds rarely come out of the ICU upright) death.
During this time, he has used his dad's predicament to lodge complaints about the politics of austerity in Ontario (where they are), put words in his dad's mouth and generally use his dad's dying moments to score political points.
It's genuinely one of the worst things I've ever seen.
If you don't believe me, look for @harryslaststand on Twitter. It will blow your mind that someone can sink this low.
Reply With Quote