DOMINIC Cummings has been caught on camera in an extraordinary confrontation with a furious Labour MP over the Prime Minister’s rhetoric in the Commons .
Boris Johnson’s chief adviser was approached by Karl Turner, who says he received death threats overnight.
The Labour representative for Kingston upon Hull East approaches Cummings to vent his frustrations.
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He says: “The tone of language the Prime Minister is using is going down well in constituencies like mine. I’ve had death threats overnight – ‘should be dead’.”
Cummings interjects to say: “Get Brexit done.”
“It’s a disgrace,” Turner says before replying: “Get Brexit done? I’ve had three opportunities to get Brexit done. If I could have voted for it, I would have voted for it.
“Don’t tell me to get Brexit done. The Prime Minister should be there negotiating a deal to bring back for me to support.”
Cummings replies: “Really?”
Turner adds: “Don’t tell me to get Brexit done.”
Cummings asks: “Who is this guy?”, adding: “I don’t know who you are.”
“The tone of your language has been appalling,” Turner says, clarifying: “I’m an MP.”
He adds: “Really, really dreadful. It’s very, very dreadful, and people are blaming you.”
"I've had death threats overnight... it's a disgrace"
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 26, 2019
Labour MP Karl Turner's staff film an encounter with Boris Johnson's senior adviser, Dominic Cummingshttps://t.co/2JL9D2WW2f pic.twitter.com/agGnyOiUMR
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There was uproar in Parliament last night when the Prime Minister repeatedly berated MPs and rejected calls to temper his language.
Cummings repeated a phrase at the centre of the controversy, when Johnson told the Commons the best way to honour murdered parliamentarian Jo Cox – an ardent Remainer – was to "get Brexit done".
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