By Joel Adams For Mailonline
Published: 08:59 BST, 17 June 2019 | Updated: 10:32 BST, 17 June 2019
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Tony McNally, 57, was visited by police over a tweet at his home in Barrow-in-Furness
A decorated Falklands war veteran was stunned to find himself quizzed by two police officers over a light-hearted tweet about Brexit.
Tony McNally, 57, was visited by Cumbria Constabulary after tweeting: 'Maybe it's time for a military coup to sort Brexit out'.
Mr McNally, a father of two who served in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, said: 'I couldn't start a military coup.
'It was a waste of police time, heavy-handed and totally unnecessary. '
He told the Sun: 'The tweet was just a tongue-in-cheek, off-the-cuff remark.'
His brush with the law comes after police confirmed Jo Brand will not face any further action over her joke on Radio 4 last week about throwing 'battery
