{"id":26674,"date":"2023-10-17T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/?p=26674"},"modified":"2023-10-17T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:25:12","slug":"mp-claims-tory-called-him-a-b-and-slapped-him-on-the-head-in-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahootie.com\/politics\/mp-claims-tory-called-him-a-b-and-slapped-him-on-the-head-in-commons\/","title":{"rendered":"MP claims Tory called him a b****** and slapped him on the head in Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reclaim Party MP Andrew Bridgen claims Tory MP Crispin Blunt called him an “utter b******” and slapped him on the head following a disagreement in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

Bridgen, who joined Reclaim after being booted out of the Conservatives, has reported Blunt to the parliamentary authorities following the incident on Monday.<\/p>\n

He has now demanded Blunt apologises for the “chop”. Parliamentary officials confirmed they have been made aware of an incident in the Portcullis House and said the Commons authorities and the whips\u2019 office were dealing with it.<\/p>\n

Blunt, a former minister who represents Reigate in Surrey, did not respond to the PA news agency when approached for a comment.<\/p>\n

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Bridgen, who represents North West Leicestershire, said he was not injured during the incident. But he claims there were a “number of witnesses” who have since spoken to the Parliament\u2019s authorities after he reported it to security.<\/p>\n

He told the PA news agency: \u201cI was sitting at one of the round tables in Portcullis House and he went by the back of me and hit me on the back of the head with his hand and said, \u2018You\u2019re a bastard\u2019 and then legged it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just completely shocked. That\u2019s not the behaviour you would expect from a Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m asking for an apology, it\u2019s just unbelievable behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bridgen believed that the incident was \u201ccompletely unprovoked\u201d, apart from him having questioned to a newspaper why he had the whip removed by the Tories but Blunt has not for past comments about Hamas.<\/p>\n

A parliamentary spokesman said: \u201cThe Behaviour Code makes clear the standards of behaviour expected of everyone in Parliament \u2013 whether MPs, staff, Members\u2019 staff, members of the House of Lords, press, contractors or visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is zero tolerance for abuse or harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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