Although Jeremy Corbyn has decided to adopt a more civil approach when it comes to PMQs, the message appears to have not yet reached all Labour MPs. After a fairly polite exchange between Corbyn and Cameron today, it fell upon Labour’s Kevin Brennan to lower the tone with a pig jibe.
Speaking about Lord Ashcroft’s David Cameron biography Call Me Dave — which made headlines last month over a section suggesting that Cameron had once enjoyed intimate relations with a pig, Brennan asked the Prime Minister when he had found out about Lord Ashcroft’s non-dom status as the account in the book had differed to Cameron’s version of events. While Lord Ashcroft claims he told Cameron about his non-dom status in 2009, the Prime Minister said in 2010 that he did not know about Ashcroft’s tax status. Pressing Cameron on the subject, the Labour MP couldn’t resist including a pig jibe, going on to ask if Cameron was telling porkies.
Happily Cameron appeared to be able to see the funny side, while managing to dodge the question.
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