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Tory MEP Syed Kamall was caught doing something very NSFW in the European parliament

Tory MEP Syed Kamall was caught doing something very NSFW in the European parliament

Frequent viewers of Prime Minister's Questions are used to seeing John Bercow, weary of the repetition, rising to his feet to call for order and the end of "chuntering from sedentary position" amid backbencher bleating.

We're all a bit weary of it, if we're honest.

Syed Kamall has gone one step further in the European Parliament, however, during a debate on counterterrorism in light of recent attacks.

He made a rather rude hand gesture to Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt....

Watch the full video below:

Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, has taken to Twitter for his response to the incident, which was captured at the time by the Financial Times' Peter Speigel:

As has Syed, the Conservative MEP for London:

What a time to be an elected representative.

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