Sacked Whip Michael Fabricant who has taken to Twitter in a spectacular fashion since the reshuffle has stuck an helpful oar in to this afternoon’s debate over whether Mitchell engaged and said “I didn’t” swear, or whether Miliband was, well, imagining it:
Several MPs have confirmed to me that AM did indeed say #pmqs "I didn't swear" (at the police). This puts a whole new light on the issue.
— Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@Mike_Fabricant) October 17, 2012
Oh dear. Labour were never going to let the story go away, but now he has managed to re-ignite it himself. Self-ignition?
— Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@Mike_Fabricant) October 17, 2012
No camera seems to have picked up the fateful words…
UPDATE:Â A comment from Fabricant:
“I was not sacked. I told the previous Chief Whip that I could not remain silent in the Chamber indefinitely. I have a number of major constituency issues including HS2. The original plan was to leave June 2013, but when I heard that Patrick McLoughlin was to be moved, I wrote to the PM and resigned! Just wanted to get THAT straight.”
Massive apologies!
