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UK Foreign Secy apologises for sexist reference to Emily Thornberry

The Speaker of the House snubbed Johnson for the, drawing applause in the process from Labour MPs

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The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), Boris Johnson has apologised for calling the shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry as 'Lady Nugee', a reference deemed sexist by the Speaker of UK's House of Commons John Bercow. Labour Party's Thornberry is married to High Court Judge Sir Christopher Nugee, but chooses to go by her maiden name.

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