Stephen Flynn has been accused of showing disrespect to Britain’s war dead by refusing to sing the national anthem during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph.
The SNP Westminster leader stayed silent while other political leaders and former prime ministers joined in singing “God Save the King.”
The Scottish politician’s conduct prompted a backlash on social media.
Flynn has been criticised online with users slamming him as “disrespectful” and “disgraceful”.
One user fumed: “Once again, Stephen Flynn, SNP, refuses to sing our (and his) National anthem at the cenotaph. He belittles himself and disrespects the memory of our fallen. Disgraceful.”
Another added: “The absolute disrespect and disdain shown by the @theSNP leader of Westminster, Stephen Flynn at the Cenotaph – what an embarrassment showing a complete lack of humility.”
A third said: “For just one day, Stephen Flynn could have put aside his political views out of respect for those we commemorate today but he refused to do so. Disrespectful doesn’t even begin to describe it.”
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