Dennis Skinner Dodgy Dave accuser attracts more fans

Op-ed: As a lifelong admirer of the 'Beast of Bolsover' aka Labour MP Dennis Skinner I am not surprised that our friends across the Pond are just waking up to this phenomenal politician and campaigner.

Dennis like Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn is well-known for sticking to his guns.

He may have had plenty of politicians who have not liked him down the years but I doubt there are many people who do not admire him.

When he called UK PM Dodgy Dave in the Commons this week he knew exactly what he was doing.

For many people across the UK Cameron will always be Dodgy Dave.

That phrase has been a popular hashtag in tweets on social media attacking Cameron for some time.

Perhaps it was Mr Skinner who coined the phrase as he has certainly used it in the Commons previously and been ejected for doing so.

But in 2016 politics it appears to be OK for Tory Ministers to catcall Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn by shouting 'Who are ya' at the Labour leader as they mouthy overgrown children fall about in hoots of laughter.

'Shut up a ya face' is it seems was an acceptable shout as Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell addressed the house.

It was also OK for Cameron aka Dodgy Dave to call Mr Skinner Jurassic at one time.

But it is good to know that HoC hypocrisy has gone viral globally.

It is obvious who will come up smelling of roses.

Our American friends will like the fact an 84-year-old politician, a former miner from a coal mining community, called Cameron out and was ejected like a naughty child.

Other countries offer their elder generations and politicians respect unlike here in the UK.

Here are just a few of Mr Skinners' best quotes:

On the Tory Party:
He said "Half the Tory members opposite are crooks" and was told to withdraw the remark. He did and replaced it with "OK, half the Tory members aren’t crooks."

To Roy Jenkins, leader, Who Pronounced His Rs as Ws:
Roy said "I leave this party without rancour" to which Dennis replied "I thought you were taking Marquand with you."

On Tory Chancellor George Osborne:
Is my right hon. friend aware that in the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s, we would have thanked our lucky stars in the coalfield areas for growth of 1.75 per cent? The only thing growing then were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them.

On Calling an MP "A Pompous Sod":
Speaker: You had better withdraw that.
Skinner: I withdraw the word pompous.
Speaker: That’s not the word I’m looking for.
Skinner: I can’t withdraw both.
This got him thrown out of the Parliamentary session.

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