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23 July 2015

“What’s wrong with you?“ Labour MP asks Kay Burley when grilled about nominating Jeremy Corbyn

“But do you want him to win?”

By Media Mole

Tensions are escalating as those Labour MPs who nominated Jeremy Corbyn to “broaden the debate” are being wheeled out for a grilling.

Here’s Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central, being asked the same question – “do you want him to win?” (answer: no) – over and over again by Sky News’ Kay Burley until she exclaims, “What’s wrong with you?”, inducing a rare moment of discombobulation in the usually hard-as-nails presenter.

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