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Author: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns' (see link below). Tweets: Brexit, UK politics, and also fun geeky stuff. Expect facts and stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.

Jun 25, 2021, 7 tweets

Let's keep track of which Tory MPs use the insult "remoaner", shall we? For posterity, and all that... Plus it gives an idea of the inclusive tolerance of those elected to represent ALL their constituents.

We have:
- Julian Knight
- Tim Loughton
- Andrew Bridgen
- Tom Hunt

Could there be more? Let's see...
- Nigel Adams
- Iain Duncan Smith
- Robert Halfon
- Bernard Jenkin

Surely that must be the end of the divisive unprofessionalism? You'd think so, and yet...
- Tom Hunt
- Richard Graham
- David TC Davies MP
- Owen Paterson

More, you say? Ok, then...
- Iain Stewart
- John Redwood
- Ben Everitt
- Robert Syms

Grab a drink and a snack, we're not done yet...

(BTW, realise Tom Hunt's on the list twice. Sorry. No edit function. You get the point.)

- Esther McVey
- Andrew Lewer
- Iain Stewart
- Nadine Dorries

Phew, that must be all. Wait, what's that on the horizon? Could it be more?
- Michael Fabricant
- Andrew Murrison

And with that, the rollcall of playground insults is complete.

(NOTE: Some of the MPs on the list have used the terms dozens of times, others just once or twice.)

BTW, worth noting that an edict came down from Number 10 in January 2017 to stop using insulting language. Michael Fabricant highlighted it.

To his credit, although he was the worst prior to that, he didn't use "remoaner" again afterwards.

But all but 3 MPs on the list did!

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