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Greg Evans
May 12, 2020
One of the only few enjoyable parts of lockdown and social distancing has been MPs being forced to get to grips with Zoom video calls.
We've already seen the delights of the wonderful array of backgrounds that MPs have displayed to the nation and that one member of the Welsh assembly who couldn't contain his rage at one of his colleagues.
Well, the following story falls into the latter camp as we have another politician dropping F-bombs, when they clearly thought their microphone was off.
Heather Wheeler, who is the Tory MP for South Derbyshire, was addressing parliament by listing fundraising completed by the public during the coronavirus crisis.
However, while she was talking from her home she appeared to suffer a slight technical fault leading her to mutter under her breath:
Oh f**king hell.
It was a very minor moment but it didn't go unnoticed by those watching and it was soon giving everyone some much-needed laughter on Twitter.
Technology can be VERY frustrating when it breaks down! https://t.co/QbGoipl1lE— Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧 (@Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧) 1589225443
Everyone is Heather Wheeler at this time https://t.co/YpLYq2LsZh— Alex Goodwin (@Alex Goodwin) 1589274789
please tell me this makes it onto the hansard https://t.co/98FmvLpVCM— Charlie Haynes (@Charlie Haynes) 1589232967
Looking forward to seeing this in Hansard @UKParliament 😂 https://t.co/qYDh09VGbN— Fatima Manji (@Fatima Manji) 1589234194
One of the most relatable things to have happened in Parliament in quite a while https://t.co/593X7a2mmr— Leila Molana-Allen (@Leila Molana-Allen) 1589234086
Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the Hansard transcript...
Sadly Heather Wheeler's technical glitch has not made it into Hansard https://t.co/JiNS4ZzcG6 https://t.co/XYYPc6Krhp— Matt Chorley (@Matt Chorley) 1589268115
Alas, we'd be lying if we haven't accidentally swore during the weekly Zoom pub quiz.
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