Labour MP was accused of ‘apparently threatening’ comment after she was asked about a man held in BangladeshThe Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has apologised for comments she made to a Channel 4 News producer about having a difficult childbirth. After a heated confrontation with the Channel 4 News reporter Alex Thomson, Siddiq said to his producer, Daisy Ayliffe, who is pregnant: “Thanks Daisy for coming. Hope you have a great birth because child labour is hard.”In his report, Thomson called Siddiq’s comments “apparently threatening”. When questioned by Thomson, Siddiq repeatedly asked the reporter whether Bin Quasem was a citizen of Britain or a resident of Hampstead, of which he is neither. Before the comment to Ayliffe, Siddiq said to Thomson: “I’m a Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, I’m a British member of parliament.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2017 09:18 UTC