Corbyn is accused of calling PM ‘a stupid woman’

JEREMY CORBYN has been accused of misogyny after appearing to call Theresa May a “stupid woman” during Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Labour leader was seen saying something under his breath after the Prime Minister likened his attempt to force a confidence vote in her earlier this week to a Christmas pantomime.

The Opposition leader’s spokesman denied he made the alleged remark as the video footage went viral on social media yesterday.

Mrs May suggested Mr Corbyn apologise if he had indeed used “inappropriate language” as the row overshadowed a heated PMQs that had focused on Brexit.

Speaking on a subsequent visit to Heathrow Airport, the Prime Minister said that with 2018 marking the centenary of women getting the vote, “I want to see more women encouraged to come into Parliament and not put off by the sort of remarks that they might feel have been said in Parliament”.

She added: “The Speaker made very clear that if a Member of Parliament uses inappropriate language then they should apologise.”

The almost immediate circulation of footage of Mr Corbyn prompted uproar in the Commons, with shouting and heckling as a succession of MPs demanded action from Speaker John Bercow.

But he triggered a furious response from a slew of female MPs, including Commons leader Andrea Leadsom after refusing to take immediate action because he had not seen the incident.

Mr Corbyn had already left the Common chamber by the time the points of order were raised and his spokesman later said he had not said anything that required an apology.

Other Conservative MPs were quick to attack the opposition leader, with party chairman Brandon Lewis urging him to either “apologise or clarify”.

Deputy Tory chairman James Cleverly said on Twitter that “this kind of misogynistic language must not be tolerated”.