Fri, 31 Jul, 2015 - 01:00
Andrew Woodcock
The comment was branded “disgraceful” by Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham, while Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: “We are talking about human beings here, not insects.”
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