What are the foundations on unparliamentary language - and which MPs have damaged them? 

Home Secretary James Cleverly has brought on outrage by allegedly calling a Labour MP "s***" - weeks after reviews he referred to as the federal government's Rwanda coverage "bats***".

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Unparliamentary language is outlined as something that "breaks the rules of politeness of the House of Commons chamber".

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While MPs are disciplined for swearing throughout debates, conference additionally bans them from calling their colleagues liars or accusing them of being drunk, amongst different issues.

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Traditionally, some have used euphemisms to get across the guidelines - most famously Sir Winston Churchill when he stated somebody had instructed a "terminological exactitude" as an alternative of a lie.

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When politicians use phrases deemed unparliamentary, the speaker will both ask them to withdraw them, or in the event that they refuse, depart the chamber.

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First MP to say 'c***' within the Commons

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The SNP's Mhairi Black turned the primary MP in historical past to make use of the phrase "c***" within the Commons chamber in 2018.

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Then the youngest-sitting MP - at 23 years outdated - she was detailing a number of the misogynistic abuse she frequently acquired on social media.

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Despite utilizing the phrase, she was not disciplined as she was solely quoting another person's use of it - and was not levelling it at one in all her colleagues.

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'Sanctimonious c***'

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Former Conservative MP Anna Soubry was accused of calling Labour's Ed Miliband a "sanctimonious c***" throughout a debate in 2015.

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It was filmed for a BBC documentary however not used within the ultimate edit.

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However when allegations surfaced she furiously denied it, saying: "I would never use that word and I would never use it in the House of Commons."

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'Dodgy' and 'hooliganism'

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Ed Miliband has himself been in hassle for his use of language.

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He escaped self-discipline when he referred to as David Cameron a "dodgy prime minister surrounded by dodgy donors".

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Five years later in 2020, as shadow enterprise secretary, he accused Boris Johnson of "legislative hooliganism" for supporting the Internal Markets Bill.

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Although the phrase hooligan is banned, he was not reprimanded.

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'Miserable pipsqueak of a person'

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During his time as an MP, Tom Watson misplaced his mood when then schooling secretary Michael Gove revealed he was shelving 9 college constructing tasks in his constituency.

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He described Mr Gove as a "miserable pipsqueak of a man" - and was requested to withdraw his feedback.

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'Stupid cow'

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Former speaker Betty Boothroyd dominated that Conservative MP Tony Marlow had used unparliamentary language by calling Labour MP Harriet Harman a "stupid cow" throughout a debate on the BSE epidemic of 1996.

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Ms Harman has since commented on the misogynism she has confronted throughout her profession in politics.

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'C**okay, lay and laid' in poultry welfare speech

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Former minister Penny Mordaunt was accused of trivialising parliament in 2014 when she used the phrases "c**k", "lay" and "laid" a number of instances throughout a speech on poultry welfare.

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She later revealed in a newspaper interview that her fellow Navy reservists had dared her to do it.

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Kicked out for calling PM a liar

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Labour MP Dawn Butler was ordered to go away the Commons when she refused to withdraw accusations that Boris Johnson was a liar in 2021.

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She claimed that the then-PM had "lied to the House and the country over and over again" - about financial progress and public sector salaries amongst different issues.

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