Dennis Skinner

Dennis Skinner
Born	Dennis Edward Skinner 11 February 1932 Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Alma mater	Ruskin College
Chairman of the Labour Party In office 13 June 1988 - 27 October 1989  Member of Parliament for Bolsover In office 18 June 1970 - Present

David Cameron made a statement about the Panama Papers tax revelations in the House of Commons on Monday 11 April 2016, but did not convince one veteran MP.

Labour’s Dennis Skinner responded to the Prime Minister’s comments by referring to him as Dodgy Dave:

"Does the Prime Minister recall that at the time after he became Prime Minister under the coalition, at the time that he was dividing the nation between strivers and scroungers, I asked him a very important question about the windfall he received when he wrote off the mortgage on the premises in Notting Hill. And I said to him he didn't write off the mortgage of the one the taxpayers were helping to pay for at Oxford. I didn't receive a proper answer then. Maybe Dodgy Dave will answer it now. And by the way..."

Speaker John Bercow asked the Bolsover MP to “think of another” word to describe Cameron. The 84-year-old replied, pointing at the Prime Minister:

"This man has done more to divide this nation than anybody else. He’s looked after his own pocket. I still refer to him as Dodgy Dave. Do what you like."

After refusing to withdraw this remark, Skinner was told to leave the chamber for the remainder of the day.

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