Labour MP’s Husband Makes House Calls
“HUSBAND of MP probed by police over f-word phone rant,” notes the Mail.
The celebrity polce force was called in after a local councillor complained about a call from Tony McCarthy, husband to Portsmouth North MP Sarah McCarthy-Fry, who happens to be a senior parliamentary aide to Labour Chief Whip Geoff Hoon.
Says the paper: “He was furious after they jokingly discussed her actions during a protest march when she helped drag a dead Christmas tree through the streets of the city.” What to joke about there? She was making a valid point about who hard it is to drag a dead Christmas tree through the streets. Blessed are the dead Christmas tree draggers.
McCarthy told Councillor Fazackarley:
“I do not suppose you will give me a ring back because you are an odious little b*****d . . . You don’t have the bottle to ring me back, do you, because you are a real little t****r. Why don’t you join the f*****g Tories, you odious little t****r.”
Says Mr Fazackarley: “I was shocked that someone I have known for 15 years should use such language. You don’t expect the husband of an MP to ring you up in the early hours effing and blinding.”
Indeed, usually you leave that kind of thing to the MPs themselves, or to someone speaking to a call centre…
Posted: 3rd, February 2008 | In: Politicians, Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
