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A senior Labour politician has apologised after being given a dressing-down by party leader Ed Miliband over a "snobbish" tweet.

Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury in London, posted a picture of a house draped with three England flags with a white van parked in the drive, and the caption "Image from Rochester".

The photo was taken during a by-election visit to Rochester and Strood in Kent - and the tweet by the former barrister sparked controversy on the social media site.

One person wrote: "How out of touch are you? And you wonder why no-one wants to vote for you and your vacuum-packed lefty snobs."

Another wrote: "Somebody flies England flags and drives a van? And Labour wonder why the working class are deserting them en-masse..."

A third said: "And? Thanks for the reminder of why no working man should ever vote Labour."

In a message to Ms Thornberry, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: "We should have pride in flying the Cross of St George - don't knock the national flag of England."

And UKIP leader Nigel Farage asked: "What is Labour's Emily Thornberry trying to imply about Rochester and Strood? I suspect she's let Miliband's mask slip."

But as the controversy grew, Ms Thornberry - who is shadow attorney general in Labour's frontbench team - was asked to explain herself to Mr Miliband.

A Labour source said: "It is fair to say he made his view very clear that people should fly the England flag with pride."

Ms Thornberry later tweeted: "I apologise for any offence caused by the 3-flag picture. People should fly the England flag with pride!"