29-05-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com

Tory candidate for Jo Cox seat apologises for gun joke at hustings

Ann Myatt blames fatigue for telling Batley and Spen meeting: ‘We’ve not yet shot anybody so that’s wonderful’A Conservative candidate for the seat formerly held by the murdered MP Jo Cox has apologised and blamed fatigue for telling a hustings: “We’ve not yet shot anybody so that’s wonderful.”Ann Myatt made the comments while discussing the coming together of various communities in Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire. Continue reading...
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