MP tells Jo Swinson to ‘sit down love’ during her Brexit speech

'Whoever it was is a sexist dinosaur.'

Jo Swinson MP was told to ‘Sit down love’ as she made a speech on Brexit.

The Liberal Democrat leader had only just started speaking during a debate on an early general election when she was told to stop.

An unidentified male MP yelled at her to take her seat – though she ignored it.

Layla Moran MP tweeted: ‘Whoever told @joswinson to “Sit down darling” or whatever was said a) picked the wrong lady to mess with and b) is clearly an entitled sexist toad.’

She later clarified: ‘He said “Sit down, love”. Still unclear who it was. It can be heard on the playback. I wasn’t in the chamber to see who.’

The sexist heckling prompted anger on Twitter, with one user writing: ‘I think I heard a male MP call out,’sit down darling’, when Jo Swinson was trying to speak. Whoever it was is a sexist dinosaur.

‘What a fool he must be. And I’m sick of male MP’s trying to use their louder voices to shout down female MPs.’

Here is the moment that someone said “sit down, love” ughhh pic.twitter.com/aQ7AcKIKcj

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) September 4, 2019

Jo Swinson did not respond to it directly.

She showed her support for the Conservative rebels who had the whip removed after they voted against the Government on Tuesday night.

Ms Swinson said: ‘The way Conservatives who stuck to their principles and acted in the interest of the general public have been treated is shameful.’

The Liberal Democrats leader also accused the Prime Minister of having no alternative Brexit plan.

Ms Swinson said: ‘The Prime Minister’s response is that the passing of this Bill somehow messes up his plan – is he saying that he could only get a good deal by threatening a no-deal first?’

She added: ‘He knows there’s no such thing as a great deal and he’s scared of getting found out.

‘I don’t think anyone can accuse us of not being clear on where we stand on Brexit.’