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| Boris Johnson admonished for 'sexism' after calling female MP by husband's name | |
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| Boris Johnson has been branded “sexist” by the Commons Speaker after using the name of Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry’s husband to ridicule her. | Boris Johnson has been branded “sexist” by the Commons Speaker after using the name of Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry’s husband to ridicule her. |
| The Foreign Secretary sneered at Ms Thornberry as “Lady Nugee” – a reference to her marriage to High Court Judge Sir Christopher Nugee. | The Foreign Secretary sneered at Ms Thornberry as “Lady Nugee” – a reference to her marriage to High Court Judge Sir Christopher Nugee. |
| “We don’t name call in this chamber,” John Bercow told Mr Johnson in a stern telling off. “We do not address people by the titles of their spouses. | “We don’t name call in this chamber,” John Bercow told Mr Johnson in a stern telling off. “We do not address people by the titles of their spouses. |
| The Speaker won applause from the Labour benches as he said: “The Shadow Foreign Secretary has her name – and it’s not lady something | The Speaker won applause from the Labour benches as he said: “The Shadow Foreign Secretary has her name – and it’s not lady something |
| “It is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms and I’m not having it in this chamber. No matter how senior a member, that parlance is not legitimate and it will not be allowed.” | “It is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms and I’m not having it in this chamber. No matter how senior a member, that parlance is not legitimate and it will not be allowed.” |
| Mr Johnson was forced to “apologise for any inadvertent sexism or discourtesy that you may have deemed me to be guilty of”. | Mr Johnson was forced to “apologise for any inadvertent sexism or discourtesy that you may have deemed me to be guilty of”. |