A brewery that was embroiled in a Twitter spat with George Galloway celebrated the MP's ousting by trolling him with the tweet: "Miss you babes."
Bradford Brewery aimed the mocking message at Mr Galloway this morning after he lost his Bradford West seat to Labour's Naz Shah.
The controversial politician, a former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, was involved in a fiery Twitter exchange with the brewery last month.
He was accused of resorting to "petty threats" and branded a "first class idiot" by the business.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Miss you babes <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/georgegalloway" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/georgegalloway" data-vars-event-id="c23">@georgegalloway</a> x— Bradford Brewery (@BradfordBrewery) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery/status/596542313142341632" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery/status/596542313142341632" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 8, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Party at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" data-vars-event-id="c23">@BradfordBrewery</a> tonight! Are you coming <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/georgegalloway" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/georgegalloway" data-vars-event-id="c23">@georgegalloway</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BradfordWest?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/hashtag/BradfordWest?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#BradfordWest</a>— Anna Hill (@AnnaHillPie) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AnnaHillPie/status/596542589639258112" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/AnnaHillPie/status/596542589639258112" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 8, 2015</a>
The brewery, which has a bar and pie shop, set off the original dispute by asking "Are you still a thing?" and saying he was the only candidate not to have visited.
The comments seemed to irk Mr Galloway, who shot back with a series of ominous-sounding posts including that the brewery had been "most unwise". He later insisted he was not making a "threat" but "just a promise".
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" data-vars-event-id="c23">@BradfordBrewery</a> what does that mean? And should you as a licensed premises in my constituency really be writing that?— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584324943090974721" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584324943090974721" data-vars-event-id="c23">April 4, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" data-vars-event-id="c23">@BradfordBrewery</a> well then, I shall return to this matter after the election. You have been most unwise— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584326103210319873" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584326103210319873" data-vars-event-id="c23">April 4, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/BradfordBrewery" data-vars-event-id="c23">@BradfordBrewery</a> nothing petty and no threat. Just a promise— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584327038200348672" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-50881-https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/584327038200348672" data-vars-event-id="c23">April 4, 2015</a>
Mr Galloway won the Bradford West seat in a landslide by-election victory in 2012. He has not responded to the brewery's latest tweet.
