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# Lichfield MP says group should not be upset over comments he made on social media
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-says-group-should-not-be-upset-over-comments-he-made-on-social-media/
- Published: 2021-10-12T16:57:47.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-12T16:57:56.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has said members of a local group for people with learning disabilities should not be upset by a post he made on social media.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

Lichfield’s MP has said members of a local group for people with learning disabilities should not be upset by a post he made on social media.

![Michael Fabricant. Picture: UK Parliament](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lsdx1x8o.jpg)

Michael Fabricant. Picture: UK Parliament

Michael Fabricant had been criticised after using the term “remonger” in one of his posts.

The Friends 2 Friends group said they were [“upset and dismayed”](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/group-call-on-lichfield-mp-to-apologise-after-being-left-upset-by-social-media-post/) by the use of the term and called for an apology.

In a reply on social media, the Conservative MP said the word did not mean what the group thought it did.

> “You shouldn’t be upset – the phrase coined by someone else was about ‘remainers’ scaremongering (not unusual) as was very clear from their tweet.  
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> “My own sister had severe learning difficulties so I understand the issues personally let alone professionally.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP

![Danny Wallace](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dannywallace.jpg)

Danny Wallace

Among those to respond to the MP was comedian and writer Danny Wallace, who said the explanation wasn’t sufficient.

> “For that to work it would be ‘remainmongering’, like fishmongering.  
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> If you’d said ‘remaingering’ the shortening almost works, but that’s not what you did.”  
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> Danny Wallace