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Redwood anger at 'sleeping' claim
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Mar 18, 2009 02:10pm |
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A senior Conservative MP has angrily denied dozing off during a speech by shadow chancellor George Osborne.
John Redwood was accused by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper of sleeping through "about half" of Mr Osborne's speech on the economy.
She also accused Uxbridge Tory MP John Randall of nodding off.
Mr Redwood insisted he had heard every word and accused Ms Cooper of trying to "mislead" MPs - but she ignored his call to "correct the record".
In his speech, opening a Conservative led debate on the economy, Mr Osborne said Prime Minister Gordon Brown's refusal to apologise for past mistakes showed he was unable to lead the country out of recession.
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Ms Cooper, leading for the government in the absence of Chancellor Alistair Darling, said Mr Osborne "has tried to entertain the House with drama".
But, she added: "Unfortunately I noticed that the Honourable Member for Wokingham (Mr Redwood) and the Honourable Member for Uxbridge seem, in fact, to have slept through about half of his speech.
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Ms Cooper replied: "I'm glad to know the right honourable member concentrates so hard with his eyes closed and his shoulders shrugging."
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