Posted on 10/22/2020 7:59:03 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
Labour's deputy leader has apologised for branding a Conservative MP 'scum' during a heated debate in the Commons on the Covid-19 crisis today, but stopped short of retracting the jibe.
Tory backbencher Chris Clarkson demanded an apology from Angela Rayner in a public letter after he suggested that the Labour frontbench was viewing the pandemic as a 'good crisis' to be exploited.
However, the hard-Left Corbynite then heckled Mr Clarkson, who asked: 'Excuse me, did the honourable lady just call me scum?'
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House of Commons has long been an insult contest.
Leftists are the real scum.
Witicisms pointing out the hypocrisy or inconsistancy etc of the other side yes, but not using the aggressive language of the gutter to verbally abuse someone.
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