Today David Cameron wrongly argued that Howard Stoate – the former Labour MP and GP – had been defeated at the last election, in another sign of woeful briefing from Downing Street (after his lie about Labour councils last week). He then leered over the ballot box and repeatedly told Labour’s Angela Eagle to “calm down dear”. Political Scrapbook have grabbed the video, which you can see below:
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