The estimable Philip Davies MP was a Conservative MP (2005-2024). He gave his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 7 June, 2005, the Hansard transcript is here. I should be surprised if any other MP ever gave a speech in which the issue of racist sausages came up. The relevant extract:

“Before entering Parliament, I worked for the supermarket chain Asda in customer service and marketing. It provided the best possible grounding for a politician because I met so many people from so many backgrounds. Whoever said “the customer is always right” never worked for Asda. I encountered the customer who accused us of being racist towards Irish people, because we sold “thick Irish sausages”. Trying to persuade her that “thick” related to the sausages and not to the Irish was beyond me. Hon. Members should therefore understand why I will campaign hard against the blight of political correctness, which is doing so much damage to our country. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”]”

Philip is well-known to longstanding followers of this blog. He gave presentations at four ICMIs, Wikipedia reports on what happened following his appearance at the first such event, in London (hyperlinks removed):

“In July 2016, Davies gave a speech on the justice gender gap at the International Conference of Men’s Issues organised by Justice for Men and Boys. He said: “I don’t believe there’s an issue between men and women. The problem is being stirred up by those who can be described as militant feminists and the politically correct males who pander to this nonsense”. Objecting to the lower number of men who win in custody cases with their former partners, he said: “Many women use their children as a stick to beat the father with”. He rejected a suggestion that his appearance at a J4MB event meant that he subscribed to the party’s viewpoint. He did not receive a fee for his participation in the event.

In response to Davies’ comments at the July 2016 event, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition, said that Davies’ “deeply sexist” opinions showed that he had an “utter contempt for women”. He called on Theresa May, the Conservative leader, to withdraw the party whip from Davies. The Labour peer Baroness Corston, a barrister who reviewed the issue of women in the justice system for the Home Office, told The Guardian that “There is indisputable evidence that women are treated by the courts more harshly” than men. Davies responded by providing figures from the Ministry of Justice collected by men’s-rights lobby group Parity, which he argued suggest that the courts favour women when sentencing. He said that Corston is thus “ill-informed or deliberately lying when she accuses me of lying“. [J4MB emphasis]

Philip inaugurated the annual series of debates on International Men’s Day debates despite bitter opposition from the hatchet-faced MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips. He covered many men’s issues over the years, one year focusing on Male Genital Mutilation, pointing out that carrying out non-therapeutic circumcision is a criminal offence under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, being at least ABH and almost certainly GBH, video here (4:27). Needless to say, the mainstream media didn’t cover the matter.

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