'Like a sick idiot': Peters claims use of 'simile' excuses his language in House amid uproar
It's just the latest row in the House over MPs' conduct in recent weeks.
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"When somebody is addressing you, the rest of the people in the room keep quiet.”
"Keep quiet", Peters told others in the room
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