Ian Blackford’s ‘stolen’ lover used to call him a ‘weeble’, distraught husband claims
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Ian Blackford’s lover used to say he looked like a weeble, her estranged husband has revealed.
Eric Boyle accused the former SNP Westminster leader of “stealing” his wife Kim Lyons and said he was unfit to be a politician.
He claimed she used to compare the politician to the egg-shaped 1970s toy, which would wobble before always returning upright.
Mr Boyle, 64, has been married to Ms Lyons, 63, for almost 14 years but she is believed to have begun a relationship with Mr Blackford late last year.
Mr Boyle said his estranged wife would say “there he is, the weeble” every time Mr Blackford appeared on television.
“She used to compare him to a round, wobbly children’s toy, a Weeble, when he was on TV,” Mr Boyle told the Scottish Mail on Sunday. “Now he has stolen her from me.
“It’s important Ian is exposed for who he is. He should not be in the position he is. How can you be an MP when you’re stealing some other man’s wife? It makes him a hypocrite.
“It is not love, it can’t be love. She calls him a weeble… Why would she say things like that and then go and be with him if not for the money?”
The toys were once a worldwide hit and were marketed under the slogan: “Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down!”
Mr Blackford left his wife, Ann, and is said to have introduced Ms Lyons to other MPs on the House of Commons terrace on New Year’s Eve.
His colleagues found out that he had left the croft on the Isle of Skye that he shared with his wife around New Year.
Mr Boyle said he became concerned towards the end of last year that Ms Lyons was having an affair.
He said he discovered his wife had left a review for a property in Hawick, when he believed she had been staying with friends in Edinburgh for a Bay City Rollers concert.
He now believes she was having a liaison with Mr Blackford and was unconvinced by her explanation.
“She said she just wanted to go to Hawick to see what it was like as they’ve done new flood defences there,” he said. “I wasn’t satisfied with the answer but I let it go because she would fly off the handle.”
The jilted husband claimed he had been left “absolutely devastated” by the breakdown in his marriage, saying he had lost four stone in weight.
Mr Blackford, 62, and Ms Lyons are said to have first met in their teens, before they reconnected in later life.
The couple were pictured in January grinning and strolling hand in hand outside BBC studios in London. Mrs Blackford is also said to have been left distraught by the separation.
Mr Blackford was approached for comment.
