Mike Fabricant had a foot-in-mouth moment today after tweeting that he would “end up punching” journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown “in the throat” if he ever had to appear on a discussion programme with her.
I could never appear on a discussion prog with @y_alibhai I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or by punching her in the throat
— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014
Twitter was abuzz condemning Fabricant’s tweets:
What a disgusting thing to say @Mike_Fabricant. I think you shld apologise to @y_alibhai. @EVAWhd
— Gloria De Piero (@GloriaDePieroMP) June 20, 2014
.@Mike_Fabricant @y_alibhai Really? – You an MP want to ‘punch a woman in the throat?’
— Baroness Hussein-Ece (@meralhece) June 20, 2014
@Mike_Fabricant@y_alibhai Wow. Just wow. You are a horrible man.
— Patch Thompson (@PatchThompson92) June 20, 2014
Wow! Is this an elected official publicly threatening to hit a woman? @DrEoinCl@Mike_Fabricant@y_alibhai
— Gary Raymond (@GaryRaymond_) June 20, 2014
Fabricant’s tweets came in response to Alibhai-Brown’s heated debate with Spectator columnist Rod Liddle over race, religion and British values.
Alibhai-Brown told Liddle yesterday: “I have no words for how much I loathe you.” In turn, Liddle branded Alibhai-Brown as a “faux liberal leftie only concerned with her own economic self-interest”.
In the end, Fabricant bowed down to pressure from Twitter and apologised to Alibhai-Brown.
.Sorry @y_alibhai if you actually thought I would punch you. I actually don’t do that sort of thing. But you are utterly infuriating! xx
— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014
2. If anyone believes I would seriously threaten someone with violence, I of course withdraw and apologise
— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014
3. I am afraid I know I would get v angry if I had been on the Ch4 debate last night. Glad it was Rod Liddle and not me!
— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014
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