Foreign office minister Jeremy Browne was accused of racism by a heckler on Question Time last night after remarks about the French. Talking about the Anglo-French defence treaty signed by the prime minister and President Sarkozy this week, he said: "We're not merging our Army with France. Our soldiers won't be required to speak French or wear onions round their necks or stripey t-shirts, or ride bicycles."
Foreign office minister Jeremy Browne was accused of racism by a heckler on Question Time last night after remarks about the French. Talking about the Anglo-French defence treaty signed by the prime minister and President Sarkozy this week, he said:
“We’re not merging our Army with France. Our soldiers won’t be required to speak French or wear onions round their necks or stripey t-shirts, or ride bicycles.
“Don’t believe every thing you read in the newspapers.”
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21 Responses to “Lib Dem foreign minister’s French slur”
Paul Seery
RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem foreign minister's French slur: http://bit.ly/a3cdKN #BBCQT by @shamikdas
Shamik Das
Video: RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem foreign minister's French slur: http://bit.ly/a3cdKN #BBCQT by @shamikdas
David T Breaker
“@leftfootfwd: foreign minister's French slur: http://bit.ly/a3cdKN #BBCQT @shamikdas” <Leftists need to get a life! Is everything 'racism'?
Anon E Mouse
Oh Please. The French call us Ros Bif’s… so what – it’s just a joke.
I can see the left haven’t lightened up…
StephenH
to be fair… that was just crap-humour and the least of his problems last night.
If you shut your eyes and just listened would you think David Davies was a Tory and Jeremy Browne a Liberal?