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Labour MP Dennis Skinner ordered out of the House of Commons for calling the PM 'Dodgy Dave'

Labour MP Dennis Skinner ordered out of the House of Commons for calling the PM 'Dodgy Dave'

Things got a little heated during the prime minister's statement on the Panama Papers in the House of Commons on Monday.

But after a lot of angry back-and-forth on the benches and the usual cries for order from Speaker of the House John Bercow, one backbencher decided he'd had enough of David Cameron's pontificating.

84-year-old Labour MP for Bolsover and one-time chairman of the party Dennis Skinner asked whether Cameron would clarify his questions about the PM's mortgages for his two homes.

Pausing - either for breath or dramatic effect - he said:

I didn’t receive a proper answer then, maybe dodgy Dave will answer it now?

Bercow asked Skinner if he'd like to rephrase his statement - specfically the word 'dodgy' - or leave the Commons Chamber for a Breach of Parliamentary Order.

But Skinner, who has been around the parliamentary block a fair few times, wasn't in the mood to back down.

This man has done, to divide this nation, more than anybody else. He’s looked after his own pocket – I still refer to him as Dodgy Dave. Do what you like.

So sticking to his guns - and without saying another word - out he strolled.

Who said politics and tax returns are boring?

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