Should MP be sacked for using " n "word

Eh? Didn't think I would what? You're making no sense, whitewave...

To answer the original question ... Yes.

*suzied
i'm surprised any one under 60 knows it
Have you ever listened to any Gangster Rap music. It's a word that's frequently used.

suzied was surely referring to the expression, not the word. I was surprised to find how many people had never heard it before. When I was a child it was quite commo9n, I certainly heard my father use it

I was surprised too Deeda, its quite an old saying. I didn't think it was still in general usage. Not sure what that says about Anne-Marie Morris.

nfkdumpling .....you are completely right, it doesn't matter what the politics of the MP are, it should not have been said at all.A very old fashioned phrase which I have read but never heard anybody say, even when people did say casually racist things back then.
ww am glad you remember the awful thread when many left wing posters derided the Jewish posters ( only two of them ) and denied that there was any anti-semitism at all in the Labour Party.Well, you were proved wrong there!

I haven't heard the whole speech, but perhaps she was using the term in its original context.
^ Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed - something suspicious or wrong^

Original context or not still not OK

Come on petra! Totally unacceptable in any context.
It was once acceptable to refer to poofs and pansies, to blackies and darkies!
Would you consider all of these highly offensive terms acceptable if quoting a historical context?

That word she used was the normal adjective for the dark brown colour when I was a child!

It may have been used when most of us were children, that doesn't mean it's acceptable now.
There was still corporal punishment and hanging then, that wouldn't be acceptable now either.
It's indefensible .

It was when I grew up too Welshwife. In fact it was such a commonly used word that I can recall pets being named that too.

There are two aspects here - the use of the n word and the use of the phrase which is a very negative one. What on earth is the point of saying the word was used when you were young? Lots of words were used then that are totally unacceptable now and quite rightly so. The world has moved on thank goodness.

has anyone seen the 12th of July bonfire in Antrim with "we're not racist we just hate n....rs "written several times on the Irish flags on the side.Seems Mrs May having the the DUP onboard has given these knuckledraggers the courage to comeout of the woodwork and show their true colours.

Some thoughts on this by Stephen Bush in the New Statesman:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/07/26-thoughts-anne-marie-morriss-racist-outburst

But then he says:
Where even is Newton Abbot?

Not as shocking as using the 'n' word but shocking nonetheless that a supposedly clever and educated journalist DOESN'T KNOW WHERE NEWTON ABBOTT IS!!
Come on Stephen, buck up.

The MP should be reprimanded and made to write an essay as Rigby suggests on the origins of the word and why it is wrong to use it today.

And Stephen needs to draw a large map and fill in towns of interest that are not London.

Perhaps the good people of Newton Abbott should decide whether they want her to continue to represent them.

petra has a point. From what I've read so far, it seems that Morris used the phrase (phrase, note, not just one word) to refer to an issue of great importance (in this case, what happens if there's no Brexit deal) that isn't being openly or sufficiently discussed.

Meaning matters more than mere words.

Also, what if one were to argue that using the n-word in non-personal ways (yes, really! Morris used the phrase about a thing, and a non-physical thing at that, not about a person or people) is a way of trying to defuse its toxicity. Not that I think Morris used it like that, but still... I'm discussing an idea.

Context matters, even if Morris was a bit of an idiot to use the phrase she did use rather than another.

The whole thing looks like a twitch hunt to me.

I don't know where Newton Abbott is either. But I know how to find out.

Which I just did. Turns out my vague guess of "somewhere in south-west England" was correct. I will now know this until I forget it again because knowing it is of no particular use to me.

Did you know that forgetting things is actually quite important for maximising brain function? Seriously.

I think if someone is so insensitive to use such a saying, if someone is so out of touch with modern language and if someone is so ignorant and yes I do mean ignorant they do NOT have any place in ANY leadership position and I don't care what political persuasion they are from I m glad she's suspended and wish she had been sacked on the spot and that goes for that awful awful woman who used the dreadful dreadful Asian joke It just shows how close to the surface racism is
Petra and offers defending her it doesn't matter what context she used it in it's totally inexcusable to use this word in ANY context

Should read others not offered
Oh for an edit button

Well said BlueBelle. If you ask me I would say that most of these politicians are pompous racists. To be said in public is an outrage . It is 2017 for goodness sake . Talk about setting examples to the younger generation. Tut Tut !!!!

There is an arrogance in the Westminster "bubble" and IMHO a disregard for what most of us would call standards or decent behaviour. We have seen this on BOTH sides of the House and the callous self seeking contempt shown for the people who pay their salaries makes me sick.
To me it starts at the top, where shocking jibes/jokes etc may not literally feature, but a cold disregard for PEOPLE runs through the actions we experience.
It wasn't just Marie Antoinette who asked why the starving rabble couldn't "eat cake" when they couldn't get bread. There are those who seem to think the sick can "get on their bikes", the homeless can move to whatever part of the country has cheaper housing and that our public sector workers can survive on a1% pay rise while they can vote themselves whatever pay rise they want.
I despair.

Yyyyy MB and if one more person uses her age (60) as an excuse I shall scream.

The origin of the phrase is from slavery when certain races were seen as less than human and treated accordingly. This is why the phrase is unacceptable today. Just because it may have been common parlance in the last century is no excuse, particularly from someone who is supposedly well educated and in public office.