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Dennis Skinner's Queen's Speech Jibe Gets Mixed Reaction (VIDEO)

Posted: 09/05/2012 12:24 Updated: 09/05/2012 14:12

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Dennis Skinner's customary Queen's speech quip had a mixed reaction this year.













He told Black Rod: “Jubilee year, double-dip recession, what a start.”

While some thought it was his best yet, others were unimpressed at the line.

It certainly didn't beat his 1997 jibe: "New Labour, New Black Rod," or 2010 where he shouted "No royal commissions this week" in reference to the story that Sarah Ferguson had been caught trying to sell access to Prince Andrew.

The Labour MP is used to splitting opinion - prime minister David Cameron has recently called him a dinosaur and urged him to retire.

Take a look at what tweeters thought of the barb:

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tickeli
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01:19 PM on 05/10/2012
Dennis is unlike Cameron... he speaks truth and isn't afraid too.
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dynofon
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09:59 AM on 05/10/2012
Dennis Skinner is very streetwise the posh boy isn't, could be that he is afraid of him!!!!!
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Electrastar
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11:27 PM on 05/09/2012
Cameron just does not care, he insulted Skinner in the commons. Cameron only entered politics 10 years ago and Skinner 40 years ago. You would expect some kind of respect for a person who has managed to hold the same seat for over 40 years.
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casual agent
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02:43 AM on 05/10/2012
I couldn't agree more'...Dennis is a star'...CaMorons' not fit even to lick his boots'..Bloody Tory T*****
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Hugh Albert
Moderation in somethings
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05:12 PM on 05/10/2012
Cameron made himself Prime Minister in his 10 years. Skinner made himself a laughing stock in his 40 years. QED.
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Electrastar
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12:24 AM on 05/11/2012
He should not to be seen as the commons jester because of a few jibes and Cameron will never last 40 years in Parliament.
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Electrastar
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11:00 PM on 05/09/2012
Queen's Speech or Camerons orders?
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Electrastar
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10:58 PM on 05/09/2012
And last year, or the year before, was it he who jibed "more expenses to be paid out."

One thing about him that probably puts him way ahead of every other MP is that he's never missed a Commons session and has held the same seat for over 40 years. If John Smith had not died, Skinner would have probably been made a Cabinet minister and done a far better job for ur country than the Blair and Brown mob.
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wincanton man
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08:56 PM on 05/09/2012
Nurse! Skinners out of his bed again.
He has about as much credibility as uncle Albert from Only Fools.
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robert22153
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02:26 PM on 05/10/2012
at least he speaks the truth and is not corrupt like rest of them
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Hugh Albert
Moderation in somethings
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05:17 PM on 05/10/2012
He certainly speaks the truth, as he sees it. The problem is that he refuses to see what he doesn't want to see, and therefore he is functionally blind, politically speaking.
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Laatab
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02:47 PM on 05/10/2012
Dont guys like you wish that was true wincanton.
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wood773
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08:16 PM on 05/09/2012
you have to give it to him,he can still make you laugh
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wincanton man
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08:57 PM on 05/09/2012
Yes, laugh? I almost started.
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hawleycrippen
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05:58 PM on 05/09/2012
Brilliant as always.
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02:57 AM on 05/10/2012
Yes'...Dennis is always Brilliant..
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Hugh Albert
Moderation in somethings
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05:19 PM on 05/10/2012
Never relevant or accurate, but Brilliant? Certainly!
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davidjscox
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05:43 PM on 05/09/2012
Pathetic, publicity garnering as usual - there's nothing clever about decades of criticising everything around him without ever working on solutions - what a waste of a parliamentary career.
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Eljaywa
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02:35 PM on 05/10/2012
I totally agree. His career consists of a few one-liners. He is an old labour dynosaur who has nothing positive to contribute. In a word he is irrelevant...
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raylehmann
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04:22 PM on 05/09/2012
The Beast of Bolsover strikes again !!!!!!!!! Always Joe blunt, but always on the ball. Wish he was Prime Minister as he is not scared to speak the truth.
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02:58 AM on 05/10/2012
I agree'...If only eh?...God bless him..
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Eljaywa
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02:17 PM on 05/10/2012
Dennis Skinner for Prime Minister??? lol

What we could look forward to: mass nationalisation (and the collapse of the stock market), leading to people's pensions being decimated, rocketing interest rates (and millions defaulting on their mortgages), huge increase in bankruptcies, the collapse of the pound, rampant inflation, mass unemployment and the country being held to ransom by toss-pot union leaders, uncontrolled immigration and the collapse of the welfare system, the country being bailed out by the IMF who would impose austerity measures 10 times worse than anything we're seeing right now.

But at least we would all be equally poor!!! The guy is a dynosaur and a sniper, criticises everyone and everything but has nothing positive to contribute...
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raylehmann
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03:13 PM on 05/10/2012
Are you not describing this present day government ?
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Robert Mac
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04:40 PM on 05/10/2012
This is the present day Govt. your describing
multi-millionaires who care nothing for any one but themselves
their running the UK into bankruptcy
incessant privation's led to Britain becoming a backwater
the unfairness in society becoming worse
They are Nero's fiddling while Rome burns !
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Robert Mac
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02:32 PM on 05/09/2012
The Queen commands what total hypocrisy Skinner's right
The Queen has no say in these matters !
She's only a figurehead , a tourist attraction !
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scouse55
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02:13 PM on 05/09/2012
I would have thought the Beast of Bolsover could have done a bit better than that. Rather tame for him.

Forgot to take his acid pills this morning maybe?
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03:16 AM on 05/10/2012
...theres enough of that coming from Daves' mouth'...He should learn to respect his elders...Yes' Dennis is a bit outrageous sometimes'..But the place would be duller still without him...But Dave' has to be careful about his disrespectabe quips'...Theres a lot more who love Dennis'...he should remember when he insults Dennis'...He insults all of those who respect Mr Skinner.
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04:39 PM on 05/10/2012
But what about those that do not respect him and have seen in action for a lot of his career.he is a prime example of whats wrong with this country in both parties get rid of timeservers get rid of this ridiculous idea of safe seats.
The old joke if you put a colored ribbon round dog poo it will win again both parties
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