http://twitter.com/#!/TraceyAReid/status/515866316088291328

Mark Reckless is a member of the UK Parliament who switched from the Conservative Party to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) earlier today.

In response to a tweeter’s flashback to earlier this month when Reckless told him he would not switch parties, there was this display of honesty:

@TraceyAReid I am sorry to have misled you before but it's not possible to discuss publicly changing parties in advance.

— Mark Reckless MP (@MarkReckless) September 27, 2014

“Sorry to have misled you” should be an “evergreen tweet” for many politicians.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/27/uk-parliament-member-displays-brutal-honesty-after-switching-parties/