An 84-year-old member of the British Parliament was “chucked out” of the building on Monday for using a colorful adjective to describe the prime minister.
Labor MP Dennis Skinner was given the boot after calling into question whether Prime Minister David Cameron has been quietly renting out a house that had been paid for with tax dollars, and earning money on the side while serving in the government.
“At the time he was dividing the nation between strivers and scroungers,” Skinner said in reference to Cameron, “I asked him a very important question about the windfall he’d received when he wrote off the mortgage on [his house].”
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“I didn’t receive a proper answer then, maybe dodgy Dave will answer it now,” Skinner said to cries of “chuck him out.”
The chamber’s presiding officer invited Skinner to withdraw that particular term, dodgy, and pick a different one. “I invite the honorable gentleman to withdraw that adjective that he used a moment ago. He’s perfectly capable of asking his question without using that word … All he has to do is withdraw that word and think of another,” said John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons.
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Skinner declined, saying, “This man has done more to divide this nation than anybody else. He has looked after his own pocket. I still refer to him as Dodgy Dave. Do what you like!”
Bercow attempted to offer Skinner one more opportunity to withdraw the term, but was preempted by boos from the chamber. Skinner was subsequently ejected from the chamber for the rest of the day pursuant to parliamentary rules.
