MP Neil Coyle has told Tory MPs to “go eat kangaroo testicles” after he accused them of “partying their way through lockdown” during Prime Minister’s Questions.
The representative for Bermondsey and Old Southwark was referring to former Health Secretary Matt Hancock starring in the reality TV show ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’.
The jibe was in reaction to groaning Tory MPs who were seemingly unhappy with his ‘Partygate’ allegations.
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Mr Coyle said: “Covid restrictions were a necessary if painful experience. Across the country, most people made enormous sacrifices…
“These people were betrayed by the Conservatives who partied their way through lockdown.”
Having drawn jeers from the opposition benches, he said: “You may not like it but you can all go to eat kangaroo testicles for all I care.”
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He went on to ask Prime Minister Rishi Sunak if he would ensure that “no one who received a fixed penalty notice for breaking Covid rules rewarded with a seat in the House of Lords.”
The comments referred to revelations that the 2021 Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and some No 10 aides are in line for a peerage in ex-PM Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.
Dodging the question, Sunak said the government had “protected people’s jobs”, “supported the NHS” and “rolled out the fastest vaccine in Europe” during the pandemic.
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Matt Hancock has been met with huge opposition since announcing his reality TV appearance, being labelled an “absolute prat” and “cashing in” by both sides of the house.
Mr Coyle is currently suspended from the Labour Party pending allegations into alleged racist comments made to a journalist in a Commons bar.
Last month, Mr Coyle told the News he expected the internal investigation to conclude this month and was “hoping for good news”.
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