General Strike call MP "got a little bit carried away"

I see that the Labour MP who called for a General Strike to bring down the government has been ever so gently disowned by her seniors.

Ms Smith, the MP for Crewe and Nantwich, made her call for a strike while speaking at the Momentum-organised "The World Transformed" event in Liverpool, which runs alongside Labour's conference.

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson responded

"Well, it's not particularly helpful, but she is a new MP and she was at a big fringe event - nothing to do with the party organisation - and I'm sure she got a little bit carried away." 

That's presumably Old-Labour speak for "do that again and it'll be the men in white coats who carry you away."

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