Tom Tugendhat has criticised Robert Jenrick for utilizing footage of an SAS soldier who has since died in one among his Tory management marketing campaign movies.
The previous lieutenant colonel revealed that he knew the soldier concerned in an emotional interview on the BBC’s Newsnight programme on Tuesday.
Jenrick has already been broadly criticised for claiming in the identical video that the SAS kill terrorists somewhat than capturing them as a result of they concern they are going to simply be launched by the European Court docket of Human Rights.
Tugendhat stated the declare was “factually fallacious” earlier than occurring to hit out on the footage within the video of particular forces working in Afghanistan greater than 20 years in the past.
He stated: “What’s notably upsetting is utilizing a bit of footage of among the folks I served with, one among whom died shortly after that movie was taken, in an accident, and isn’t in a position to defend himself from the accusation that has successfully been levelled towards him.”
Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire replied: “So that’s really footage of anyone you knew?”
Tugendhat stated: “Sure, that’s footage of a soldier in northern Afghanistan in round 2002.”
Requested how he felt about it, the MP stated: “Effectively I don’t suppose we needs to be utilizing footage of our particular forces troopers in operations.”
Derbyshire stated: “Ought to Robert Jenrick take away that footage?”
Tugendhat replied: “I might not put that video out, in truth I might pull it down.”
HuffPost UK has contacted Jenrick’s marketing campaign workforce for remark.