Speaker John Bercow says calling senior Labour MP ‘Lady Nugee was inappropriate
Boris Johnson has apologised after referring to the shadow foreign secretary,Emily Thornberry, as “Lady Nugee”. The Speaker of the House of Commons said the references, or in relation to Thornberry’s husband,Sir Christopher Nugee, were sexist and inappropriate.
John Bercow drew applause from Labour MPs when he upbraided the foreign secretary at Foreign Office questions in the Commons. Johnson then said he wished to prostrate himself in front of the Speaker, or that he apologised for “any inadvertent sexism or discourtesy that you may hold deemed me to hold been guilty of”. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk