I could never appear on a discussion prog with @y_alibhai I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or by punching her in the throat

— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014

Oh dear. Usually a benign, if eccentric, character, Tory (or “is it a wig?!” as opposition MPs love to quip) MP Michael Fabricant –  he of suspiciously golden locks –  has tweeted very aggressively about Independent columnist, journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Quite ill-advised threatening behaviour from an MP, although he did used to be a whip…

PS. Here’s a screengrab in case he deletes the tweet:

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Photo: Twitter screengrab

UPDATE

Fabricant has now apologised:

So just for the avoidance of any doubt: I am v sorry for tweet. It was wrong to joke abt punching + I completely withdraw and apologise.

— Michael Fabricant (@Mike_Fabricant) June 20, 2014

UPDATE 2 

Here’s the video, courtesy of Channel 4, of the debate between Rod Liddle and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown that Fabricant was so annoyed by: