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| MP Michael Fabricant says he could 'punch journalist' | MP Michael Fabricant says he could 'punch journalist' |
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| A Conservative MP has said he might end up punching a journalist "in the throat" if he appeared on a panel show with her. | A Conservative MP has said he might end up punching a journalist "in the throat" if he appeared on a panel show with her. |
| Michael Fabricant tweeted the remark after Yasmin Alibhai-Brown took part in a Channel 4 News discussion. | Michael Fabricant tweeted the remark after Yasmin Alibhai-Brown took part in a Channel 4 News discussion. |
| The tweet said: "I could never appear on a discussion prog with @y_alibhai I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or by punching her in the throat." | The tweet said: "I could never appear on a discussion prog with @y_alibhai I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or by punching her in the throat." |
| He has now apologised for the comment. | |
| Newspaper columnist Ms Alibhai-Brown said she was shocked an elected MP felt able to suggest violence to a woman and called on David Cameron to take disciplinary action. | |
| "The Tories can't bear people like me," she said. | "The Tories can't bear people like me," she said. |
| "They expect people like me to be their ayah wiping their bottoms or selling them cigarettes in the cornershop; this idea of a nursing maid looking after their children. | "They expect people like me to be their ayah wiping their bottoms or selling them cigarettes in the cornershop; this idea of a nursing maid looking after their children. |
| "They cannot accept we are confident." | "They cannot accept we are confident." |
| Ms Alibhai-Brown took part in a Channel Four news debate with Spectator columnist Rod Liddle on Thursday night. | |
| Lichfield MP Mr Fabricant later took to Twitter to say sorry for his remark. | |
| He said: "If anyone believes I would seriously threaten someone with violence, I of course withdraw and apologise." | |
| The former Tory whip was sacked as a vice-chairman of the Conservative Party after he criticised the HS2 rail scheme and made online comments about the Maria Miller expenses row. | |
| On that occasion he tweeted: "Maria Miller has resigned. Well, about time." |