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Cameron under fire for sexist “Calm down, dear” remark at PMQs

12:56pm Wed April 27th
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David Cameron is presumably now regretting telling Angela Eagle “Calm down, dear” during heated exchanges on the NHS. Her shadow treasury team colleague Ed Balls was certainly not impressed, repeatedly calling upon the prime minister to apologise.

In a transparent attempt to “win back the wimmin”, Cameron then claimed that Tory MP Sarah Wollaston was a future Commons speaker.

“I have to say to the honourable lady she is a lot better at getting them to shut up than I am. A future speaker in the making.”

Number 10 are attempting to spin this as a ”humorous remark”.

They’ll have to do a lot better than that.

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Hansard tells it like it is!

10:17am Fri July 16th
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The Scrapbook team recently discovered that a House of Commons debate on the Budget makes for particularly entertaining late night viewing, especially when the Honourable Members have had as much to drink as we had.

In particular, one point of order from the Member for Ealing North left this blogger in hysterics, and wondering just how on earth Hansard would record it. Scrapbook was delighted therefore to discover that Hansard has indeed recorded the point of order, and the reply, verbatim:

Stephen Pound: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I would never presume to teach you your job, but some of us on this side of the Chamber are having great difficulty in hearing the priceless words that the shadow Minister is enunciating because of the well-refreshed ejaculations that are coming from those on the Benches opposite.

Mr Deputy Speaker: I do not think I need to deal with that point of order.

Ms Eagle: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am trying to put the idea of well-refreshed ejaculations firmly out of my mind.

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