A newly elected Labour MP has apologised after he compared the UK government’s planned public spending cuts to domestic violence.
Owen Smith, the Labour MP for Pontypridd, wrote in an article for Wales Home: “Surely, the Liberals will file for divorce as soon as the bruises start to show through the make-up?”
However, he has backtracked after women’s groups criticised him for using “a fairly tasteless analogy”.
He has now offered to re-edit the offending part of the article.
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– May 26, 2010
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Anyone noticed the rise in sales of cheap alcohol in our Supermarkets over the past 13 years? The rise of drinking at home, and the demise of the Public House, all adds to domestic violence.
Owen Smith should remember, those in Glass Houses shouldn’t throw Stones