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It' s the 2015 general election campaign and a Labour candidate has apologised for joking about having sex with Ed Miliband and a goat

Matthew ChampionApr 17, 2015 In news that has actually happened, a Labour candidate has said sorry for making a joke about getting caught having sex with a goat and Ed Miliband. Clive Lewis, bidding to overturn a slim Liberal Democrat majority in Norwich South, told the *New Statesman* in response to questions he was taking his anticipated victory for granted: I mean, in the multiverse there's still three universes in a hundred where there's a Green MP in Norwich, so anything could happen. I could be caught with my pants down behind a goat with Ed Miliband at the other end - well, hopefully that won't happen. Right... Because this is 2015 an immediate and grovelling apology was demanded by precisely no one and subsequently arrived. Lewis, a former reporter for BBC Look East, said: On occasion we all have the ability to get carried away with language and colourful metaphors. If anyone was genuinely offended then I'm sincerely sorry for that. More: [The one picture that sums up the leaders' debate]2Keep reading...Show less

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