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What has the CON MP, Michael Louis David Fabricant , been up to on Twitter?
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Michael Fabricant blasted for tweet saying he would 'punch Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat' http://
I think the remark was taken out of context and it's only a partial quote people are creating a fuss over.
Saying ' I'd like to punch Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat' is very much different to saying 'I could never appear on a discussion programme with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or punching her in the throat.'
The first is clearly threatening and unpleasant, the second merely displays that he finds her taxing in the extreme by exaggeration. I think it was an ill advised attempt a humour and it's as ever a storm in a teacup. Don't people have anything better to worry about with the state of the world?
Saying ' I'd like to punch Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat' is very much different to saying 'I could never appear on a discussion programme with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or punching her in the throat.'
The first is clearly threatening and unpleasant, the second merely displays that he finds her taxing in the extreme by exaggeration. I think it was an ill advised attempt a humour and it's as ever a storm in a teacup. Don't people have anything better to worry about with the state of the world?
factor-fiction - ""Punch him in the throat" does seem an odd thing to say to me- unless it was said (typed) in an East End accent. But people have always said things like "I could strangle him" or "I'm gonna kill him when I get home", and it's just accepted as hyperbole"#
That's true, but that kind of announcement is reserved for the proverbial 'man in the street' - from our elected repreentatives, we are entitled to expect far far better.
If it was humourous, it shows the twin aspects of Mr Fabricant's personna - a stratospheric lack of judgement, combined with a similarly proportioned sense of humour.
Given the way he chooses to attempt to conceal his baldness, i cannot believe that he is without humour, so I'll go with the lack of judgement.
His observation that he would 'have a brain hemmrage or pinch the lady in the throat ...' - no need to reach for a coin there then!
That's true, but that kind of announcement is reserved for the proverbial 'man in the street' - from our elected repreentatives, we are entitled to expect far far better.
If it was humourous, it shows the twin aspects of Mr Fabricant's personna - a stratospheric lack of judgement, combined with a similarly proportioned sense of humour.
Given the way he chooses to attempt to conceal his baldness, i cannot believe that he is without humour, so I'll go with the lack of judgement.
His observation that he would 'have a brain hemmrage or pinch the lady in the throat ...' - no need to reach for a coin there then!
BBC News - MP Michael Fabricant apologises for 'punch journalist' joke but not for the wig! http://
Daily Mail journalists tend to have that effect on a lot of people.
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it's not a wig
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(Okay, that's not exactly new).
I quite like him myself. As long as (unlike Boris) he's not in a position of power.
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(Okay, that's not exactly new).
I quite like him myself. As long as (unlike Boris) he's not in a position of power.
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