article_snippet: Two MPs nearly came to blows in the Commons in a row over a 'bitch' jibe aimed at Tory MP Esther McVey.
article_snippet: The row came after Tory MP Esther McVey was targeted by Labour over Tory MP Esther McVey role in welfare cuts.
article_snippet: Tory MP Esther McVey accused Labour's John McDonnell of having asked people in Tory MP Esther McVey Merseyside constituency to 'lynch the bitch'.
article_snippet: Tory MP Esther McVey accused a Labour MP of asking people in her Merseyside constituency to 'lynch the bitch'.
article_snippet: Tory Andrew Griffiths said: 'It was handbags.
article_snippet: I was defending Esther's honour.
article_snippet: The row was sparked after Speaker John Bercow had taunted Ms McVey during a debate, saying Ms McVey sounded like 'a washing machine that does not stop'.
highlights_snippet: Tory MP Esther McVey was targeted by Labour over Tory MP Esther McVey role in welfare cuts .
  
highlights_snippet: Tory MP Esther McVey accused MP of telling people in Tory MP Esther McVey constituency to 'lynch the bitch'
  Tory Andrew Griffiths and Labour's Ronnie Campbell almost came to blows .
  