Today was the final Prime Minister’s Questions before the Christmas break, and it descended into complete chaos after Jeremy Corbyn was accused of mouthing that Theresa May is a “stupid woman”.
Decide for yourself here:
Tory MPs queued up to furiously demand that Corbyn issue an apology.
The Tory party vice-chair James Cleverly claimed that he witnessed the Labour leader say the words himself.
But speaker John Bercow said he couldn’t act as he hadn’t seen the incident. It left political journalists calling for a video replay:
Plot twist! The leader of the house, Andrea Leadsom, then stood up at the despatch box and accused speaker Bercow of calling *her* a “stupid woman” a few months ago.
Meanwhile, Corbyn was photographed in the Commons tea room watching a video replay of his alleged comments.
Rob Lowe had his say.
But Corbyn’s spokesperson then told journalists that he had in fact said “stupid people”, not “stupid woman”.
Some watching agreed that the evidence was not conclusive.
The BBC then called up a lip-reader, who said otherwise.
If you can’t tell, everyone in Westminster needs a holiday.