Politics

Michael Fabricant doubled down on his tweet about the rape arrest MP and there are no words

Michael Fabricant – we know, we know – plunged new depths today with a tweet ahead of today’s Prime Ministers Questions about the arrest of a Tory MP on allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Fabricant said on Twitter that the Commons benches would be packed by MPs keen to show they were not the unnamed politician arrested by the Met (and ordered to stay away from parliament).

The tweet drew almost universal condemnation and disbelief from all quarters, including Labour MP Chris Bryant among others.

Except Fabricant wasn’t having any of it, and rather than deleting and apologising, that sort of thing, he doubled down instead.

Except …

Last (NSFW) word to @mrnickharvey.

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Source Twitter @Mike_Fabricant