http://twitter.com/#!/tommy_ball/status/177365284817080324
That was his original tweet. Below is the backlash
#SNP member Tommy Ball quits after tweet calls UK soldiers in #Afghanistan "child killers, racist thugs". Details soon http://t.co/PeQlg3bp
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 8, 2012
Ministry of Defence names British soldiers killed in Afghanistan http://t.co/de3Whg0B
— ITV News (@itvnews) March 8, 2012
More of his tweets:
@GrantCu7 the Sun newspaper is responsible for the mindless "OMG sport are heeeroez" culture of military fascination infesting the country.
— Tommy Ball (@tommy_ball) March 7, 2012
@GeoLaird oh, do piss off George. Your mock outrage is transparent. I won't support an organisation which bayonets children
— Tommy Ball (@tommy_ball) March 7, 2012