That time when you insult the prime minister at work…
Labour MP Dennis Skinner delivered a furious tirade at David Cameron on Monday, which lead to him being kicked out of Parliament by house Speaker John Bercow for “unparliamentary language”.
Mr Skinner twice referred to Cameron as “Dodgy Dave” in the course of his speech:
“Does the prime minister recall that, at the time after he became prime minister under the coalition and at the time when he was dividing the nation between strivers and scroungers, I asked him a very important question about the windfall he received when he wrote off the mortgage of the premises in Notting Hill, and I said to him he didn’t write off the mortgage of the one taxpayers were helping to pay for at Oxford.”
Then Skinner delivered the killer line:
“I didn’t receive a proper answer then. Maybe Dodgy Dave will answer it now.”
When asked to retract his remarks, Skinner asked “which word?”, to which John Bercow said:
“I think he knows the word beginning with ‘D’ and ending in ‘Y’ that he inappropriately used”
This is a couple of minutes that sum up why we love Great Britain. Name calling, public politeness, brutal heckling, but ultimately, order remains.
As ‘Dodgy Dave’ becomes a fully-fledged meme, many online have become enraged at Skinner’s eviction. Now he has become something of an internet hero, with the hashtag #DodgyDave trending all day on Twitter.
Some branded Skinner “the last honest politician left in parliament”, and others angry that he was “ejected for being honest”.
Love Dennis https://t.co/BXlhhED5X1
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) April 11, 2016
#DennisSkinner got kicked out of HOC for saying what we feel. Register.Takes 5 minutes#votehttps://t.co/XZYg1QazUzpic.twitter.com/7ponmDqM7F
— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) April 12, 2016
"It's legal" is a weasly defence. Slavery, bear bating and witch burning were once legal. It didn't make them right. #DodgyDave
— Marcus Chown (@marcuschown) April 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/DavidChameron/status/719636898277404674
https://twitter.com/NickyAllt/status/719784360132653056
https://twitter.com/charlesfrith/status/719549006653886464
https://twitter.com/jameswren1975/status/719552229255069696
New street sign introduced in Westminster. #DodgyDave pic.twitter.com/uhCzcqpnrJ
— Celtic F1rst (@CelticF1rst) April 12, 2016
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