Business Minister Matthew Hancock has had to issue an apology after sending out a tweet calling Labour members “queers”.
Mr Hancock accidentally retweeted a poem which had been posted on Twitter by another user in honour of National Poetry Day.
It read: “The party run by young Ed,
“Is quietly going quite dead.
“Bereft of ideas,
“Quite full of queers,
“No wonder the faithful have fled.”
The tweet sparked immediate calls for David Cameron to sack Mr Hancock from Labour MPs.
Chris Bryant wrote: “Amazed @matthancockmp sends vile tweet about ‘queers’. Cameron shd sack him now.”
His comments were echoed by Steve Reed who questioned whether “this is how Tories really think.”
Mr Hancock responded by issuing an apology saying it had been a “total accident”.
He posted: “I wholeheartedly disagree with offensive comment in the tweet & am incredibly sorry for any offence caused.”
Mr Hancock had previously posted his own poem which read:
“There was a young man called Ed
“Whose deficit ne’er entered his head
“He simply forgot
“He’s losing the plot
“So I’m voting Cameron instead.”
Other MPs participating in National Poetry Day included fellow Conservative, Cheryl Gillan, who devoted hers to high speed rail:
“I’m asking a favour,
“So please
“Would HS2 people just seize
“The plans we have found 2 tunnel the ground
“& safeguard the Chiltern’s fine trees.”
Minister Apologises For Labour 'Queer' Tweet
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