The sister of Jo Cox, who was killed by a far-right terrorist, says Boris Johnson should reflect on his use of language.
"I've never heard such humbug in all my life," the PM replied.
"I hope he has some time to reflect on what he said and realise that possibly it wasn't the best thing to say under those circumstances," Ms Leadbeater added.Brendan Cox addressing a rally in 2016 to mark what would have been his wife's 42nd birthday "What we saw yesterday was our prime minister, the leader of our country, respond to an MP who spoke about death threats and abuse by saying 'humbug'," she said."His ambivalence at best, or his sheer arrogance, was something that was quite horrific to see."Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith denied Mr Johnson was"whipping up anger" - and said Labour MPs were hypocrites.
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