“Boneless Wonder” vs. “Dodgy Dave”
A colleague asks: “Why was Winston Churchill able to get away with calling Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald the “Boneless Wonder,” whereas a Labour MP was sent home by the Speaker last week for calling Prime Minister David Cameron “Dodgy Dave”?
Good question! Ah for the likes of Question Time in the U.S. Congress, where President Trump or Madam President Clinton gets to be grilled with all the famous gusto of the House of Commons.
Dodgy: 11 April 2016 Mr. Skinner fires all barrels at Mr. Cameron.Eighty-four-year-old Dennis Skinner (Lab., Bolsover) was ejected from the House of Commons by the Speaker, John Bercow, for refusing to withdraw, and in fact repeating, the term “Dodgy Dave” with respect to David Cameron.…