A Tory MP has apologised after saying that some of his constituents held their trousers up with a piece of string, Rory Stewart MP for Penrith and the Border was quoted as saying “Some Areas around here are pretty primitive, people holding up their trousers with bits of twine.” Rory Stewart who has only been an MP since May apologised for any offence whilst not denying what he had said. Mr. Stewart, who I believe was previously a provincial governor in Iraq, was actually trying to highlight rural poverty. However the Sunday Mirror ran the story claiming that he called his constituents “Primitives” which is a clear stretching of the facts – in as much as talking one word from a statement and running with it as if it is fact – Maybe they have invited Piers “Fake Photograph” Morgan back for a guest Edit.
I guess sometimes (And it appears particularly to the Mirror) the facts, or at best a lack of evidence, simply get in the way of a good story. Anyway, Mr. Stewart is considering taking the Mirror to the Press Complaints Commission; I really hope he does as newspapers need to start reporting the news and stop making it up. Or perhaps the Mirror simply needs to hire some journalists who can read a full paragraph not just pick out random words
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