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Published 15:05 24 Jul 2021 BST
Updated 15:07 24 Jul 2021 BST
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In her piece, the 51-year-old goes on to say "I don’t regret a thing, I stand by what I said. I simply had enough and had to speak truth to power".
"My stance has clearly struck a chord with the country. Maybe there are more of us that stand together than the PM and his cronies realise. Many people are wondering why I got ejected and handed a one-day suspension for saying something that every one of us knows to be true.
"It’s a good question. Especially as this came on the same day Jacob Rees-Mogg was criticised for using the highly offensive term ‘yellow peril’, considered a racist term about the ‘threat’ of East Asian people to the West.
"He received no punishment, even though the rules clearly state MPs should not use abusive or offensive language". Let's not forget, this is the same man who also enjoyed the luxury of being able to exercise his parliamentary privilege in order to libel a journalist.
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