By John Glenday

Labour MP Helen Goodman has become the latest politician to fall victim to an ill-advised tweet after taking to Twitter yesterday afternoon to launch a poorly judged attack on health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s Chinese wife.

Referring to widely quoted remarks made by Hunt at the Conservative party conference in which he called for Britons to adopt an Asian work ethic Goodman wrote to her 8,000 followers: “If China is so great, why did Jeremy Hunt’s wife come to England?”

The remark drew instant condemnation from across the political spectrum prompting a grovelling apology and a statement from Labour party HQ disowning the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum