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Daisy Cooper, "Nigel Farage basically decided that he couldn't be arsed to sit in the chamber and listen to the Chancellor's speech" "And instead chose to go and do a press conference so he could get onto the airways" "During the state opening of parliament, my understanding is that he physically shoved one of our female MPs out of the way" "One of our male MPs challenged him on that" "It's Nigel Farage wants to make stuff up, that's up to him" My view: Farage skipped a major parliamentary speech to hold a press conference and get on air—a show of contempt for the chamber and the people elected to do its work. Then, according to Daisy Cooper, he misrepresented what happened when MPs challenged his conduct at the State Opening. That is Cooper’s point: Farage can invent his own version of events, but those who were there can tell the public what they say actually happened. Parliament deserves more respect than to be treated as an inconvenience when it is doing its job and a stage when the cameras are on.