Ian Blackford’s lover mentioned he ‘appeared like a Weeble’
The sleaze scandal surrounding former SNP Westminster chief Ian Blackford escalated final night time because the husband of his new girlfriend mentioned: ‘He shouldn’t be a politician if he goes round stealing different folks’s wives.’
Eric Boyle, 64, has been married to Kim Lyons, 63, for nearly 14 years, however she walked out on him for Mr Blackford, certainly one of Nicola Sturgeon‘s closest allies.
A devastated Mr Boyle advised The Mail on Sunday: ‘She used to check him to a spherical, wobbly kids’s toy, a Weeble, when he was on TV. Now he has stolen her from me.’
Mr Blackford, 62, has been pictured strolling hand in hand with Ms Lyons in London and he launched his new accomplice to MPs in the course of the New Year’s Eve fireworks celebrations on the House of Commons terrace.
Mr Boyle advised this newspaper: ‘It’s vital Ian is uncovered for who he’s. He shouldn’t be within the place he’s.
Mr Blackford, 62, has been pictured strolling hand in hand with Ms Lyons in London
Eric Boyle, 64, has been married to Kim Lyons, 63, for nearly 14 years, however she walked out on him for Mr Blackford
‘How are you able to be an MP while you’re stealing another man’s spouse? It makes him a hypocrite.’
Mr Boyle says the disintegration of his marriage is ‘all about cash’.
He mentioned: ‘It just isn’t love. It cannot be love. She calls him a Weeble. Whenever he has been on the tv she would say, ‘There he’s, the Weeble.’ Why would she say issues like that after which go and be with him if not for the cash?’
Weebles have been egg-shaped characters with a weighted base, launched 50 years in the past and bought underneath the promoting slogan, ‘Weebles wobble however they do not fall down.’
When Boris Johnson made a joke apparently about Mr Blackford loving cake throughout a Commons trade, the then Prime Minister was accused of ‘physique shaming’ him.
Mr Boyle, who lives in Cardiff and works at a grocery store, mentioned he first turned suspicious when his spouse was meant to be staying in Edinburgh whereas attending a fan membership lunch for the Bay City Rollers’ guitarist Eric Faulkner.
Weebles have been egg-shaped characters with a weighted base, launched 50 years in the past
Two weeks in the past, a detailed household pal of the Blackfords advised the MoS how the SNP MP cruelly ‘dumped’ his spouse (pictured) ‘out of the blue’ after virtually 24 years collectively
Ian Blackford MP was pictured on the launch of his election marketing campaign in Portree on the Isle of Skye together with his spouse
The break up got here in November quickly after the pair returned from a visit to France the place that they had been trying to purchase a vacation house
The pal advised how Mr Blackford spent £300 from his marital joint checking account on attractive lingerie for his new girlfriend
Instead, he found she had checked into an Airbnb greater than 50 miles away in Hawick.
He believes she stayed there with Mr Blackford.
He mentioned: ‘It’s disgusting, and I’m gutted. I’ve been completely devastated, I’ve misplaced greater than 4 stone in weight, I have not been capable of eat. I have not been capable of sleep. They have completely devastated my life.’
Two weeks in the past, a detailed household pal of the Blackfords advised the MoS how the SNP MP cruelly ‘dumped’ his spouse ‘out of the blue’ after virtually 24 years collectively.
The break up got here in November quickly after the pair returned from a visit to France the place that they had been trying to purchase a vacation house.
Mr Blackford is standing down from his seat of Ross, Skye and Lochaber on the subsequent Election, however it’s understood he’s hoping for a spot within the House of Lords.
Former SNP Westminster chief Ian Blackford is certainly one of Nicola Sturgeon’s closest allies
Nicola Sturgeon was pictured embracing Ian Blackford as she arrived for a photocall with newly-elected SNP MPs following the social gathering’s success within the 2019 UK common election
When Boris Johnson made a joke apparently about Mr Blackford loving cake throughout a Commons trade, the then Prime Minister was accused of ‘physique shaming’ him
The pal advised how Mr Blackford spent £300 from his marital joint checking account on attractive lingerie for his new girlfriend. He additionally purchased her jewelry.
Mr Blackford additionally paid to hire a ‘love nest’ in Cardiff simply miles from the £320,000 house Mr Boyle and Ms Lyons shared.
Mr Boyle had believed his spouse had been staying together with her aged dad and mom to assist with their care. But final night time, he advised how he discovered of her affair from The Mail on Sunday’s stories.
He mentioned his spouse got here to their house with a replica of our article in her hand and confirmed his deepest fears – she had launched into a brand new relationship with Mr Blackford.
He was an previous flame, whom he had identified since he was 19, and he had as soon as proposed to her however she turned him down.
Mr Boyle, who married Ms Lyons in Cardiff in 2010, mentioned: ‘They have destroyed my life. I’m disgusted and broken-hearted. They’ve ripped my life away. I do not know the way I’m going to recover from it.’
