Oh dear, much laughter abound in the House of Commons yesterday as Conservative MP for Buckingham, John Bercow, called fellow Tory MP, Philip Davies, a ‘troglodyte‘ for his opposition to debating the effect of the recession on women, for his opposition to the Equalities Bill making it’s way through Parliament and International Women’s Day.
Typically when Davies speaks in these situations it’s just Harriet Harman who criticises him, but yesterday all sides of the house disagreed with the most stinging criticism coming from within his own party.
Liberal Democrat MP Lynn Featherstone spent a good while disagreeing with Davies’ ignorance on the effect of the recession on women in the hope it would ‘prevent further comments (from him)’. Naturally Labour Deputy Leader Harriet Harman disagreed, suggesting he wasn’t paying attention to what he said, and Conservative MP Theresa May also disagreed with his about the effects of the recession on women.
A cynic might point out that all these critics of Davies are women, which is why it’s worth pointing out that the most damning criticism of him came from another male Conservative MP, John Bercow.
Bercow said that Davies ‘suffers from the notable disadvantage of being wrong’.
Doesn’t he always?
Worse still he later referred to Philip Davies as a ‘troglodyte’ – that would be a cave dweller to you and me, or a primative reptilian monster from Dungeons & Dragons to a geek. Worst of all, it might even mean you’re a fan of the 1960s beat combo ‘The Trogs’ – well Davies is a bit of a ‘Wild Thing’ even by his own parties standards.
UPDATE: Some helpful soul (me), has ‘videostamped’ the moment Davies gets called a troglodyte on Theyworkforyou, check it out.
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