As many media sources note this morning:<\/p>\n
One Labour Party source\u00a0told\u00a0The Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0the MPs had been suspended for \u201cpersistent knobheadery\".<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don't get me wrong: I am aware that politicians use inappropriate language, probably a lot more often than some on the BBC do, but this is a term I would most definitely not use.<\/p>\n
Why? I really do not think a reference to genitalia, even in slang, is appropriate when discussing the reasons why someone has been suspended from Labour.<\/p>\n
Nor do I think that this accusation is true. The slang phrase refers to someone who is a 'stupid or contemptible<\/span> man' according to the Oxford dictionary. These people are niether.<\/p>\n
I also think the term sexist, especially when applied to a woman, as it has been here.<\/p>\n
And frankly, it's just vulgar, lazy and suggestive of a lack of critical thinking, whilst also being indicative of vindictive behaviour when used in this way.<\/p>\n
Labour is really doing its very best to come out of this as badly as possible, it seems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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