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Watch: Angela Smith blames ‘funny tinge’ comment on tiredness

Angela Smith unwittingly became the story of the day yesterday when she referred to people of a ‘funny tinge’ on the BBC’s Politics Live. Smith apologised – but still the story is dragging on. Today, the MP was asked to explain her comments, and she came up with a new excuse: she was tired. Here’s what she said:

‘Look, I never meant to say that. I misspoke really badly. I was very tired at that point. I had had six hours of press engagement and I was very tired. I was very tired. I misspoke really, really badly.’

Mr S isn’t sure that the answer to all this is for Smith to do more ‘press engagement’…

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