She has been let off because she is a Tory.

 

She has been let off because she is a Tory.
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Said because the Deputy Speaker had allowed Theresa May to make a comment about the Prime Minister allegedly lying to the House because he interpreted it in a context Skinner didn't agree with.
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo060420/debtext/60420-05.htm

 

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