Homophobia but he believes he was target of political motivation. As for representative Matt Bradford he tells me he is still stunned. That right there is the moment , that cast cloud over state capitol. Representative Matt Bradford placing his hand on representative Darryl Metcalf s arm, pittsburgh area republican took Montgomery County democrat to task, calling it battery. Im heterosexual. I have a wife. I love my wife. I dont like men as you might but stop touching me. Reporter exchange immediately raised questions, why did metcalf respond this way. I said i dont like to be touched by that by another man and some on his side might like it, he should go touch them and in the me. He likes to touch me. He kept touching me. Reporter last night in a phone interview metcalf doubled down on what he says has been repeat touching. Bradford calls it anti gay venom. Homosexual crowd thinks they can flaunt their sexuality routinely throughout the course of the day. Since he brings this up would
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell
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Especially relative to the fevered pace of sales during the holiday season. But thanks to Michael Wolff, the last few weeks have seemed, well, like a second christmas for many booksellers. Given the surge in demand for michaels book, fire and fury, one frequent question ive been asked is whether there is any precedent for this sort of frenzy. Of course, weve had bestsellers before and seen people standing in long lines for them, and normally, were able to anticipate, at least roughly, how many books to order, but the velocity and volume of requests for fire and fury seemed to take everyone by surprise. Our events team did have the foresight weeks ago, before the books release, to schedule michael for an author talk, but it was at our new, smaller store at the wharf [ laughter ] which could have accommodated only about a fourth of the crowd here this evening. So, lets all give a giant round of applause to the terrific staff here at sixth i who [ applause ] they made this spacious venue
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