The battle between new Labour MP Jess Phillips and the most rebellious Tory backbencher Philip Davies continues. The pair clashed last week during a meeting of parliament’s Backbench Business Committee over Davies’ call for an International Men’s Day.
Phillips failed to stifle her laughter at the Tory MP’s suggestion to the committee “in the spirit of gender equality” that the Commons should have a debate to commemorate such a day because “the opportunity for men to raise issues that are important to them is very limited”. “I’m not entirely sure why it’s so humorous,” Davies harrumphed in response to Phillips’ reaction.
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