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The ticket resale company Viagogo has been accused by MPs of gross discourtesy and evasion after refusing to attend a parliamentary committee for a second time.
In a characteristically deft addition, Macintyre quotes the judgment of the appeal court in the case of one of his victims: "Discourtesy, even gross discourtesy, to counsel, however regrettable, could not be a ground for quashing a conviction".
His good humour and mischievous grin briefly disappeared in 2012 when the Leader of the Lords, Lord Strathclyde, accused him of "gross discourtesy" when raising a point of order; the rebuke was received badly by many peers.
The coalition has suffered more than 50 defeats since 2010 in the Lords and Lord Strathclyde raised eyebrows in July when he accused veteran Labour peer Lord Barnett of "gross discourtesy".
Prime Minister David Lange told reporters in the capital of Wellington that he would personally apologize to the monarch for the "shameful act of gross discourtesy". The queen appeared to recover her composure after the incident and in an address to local schoolchildren proclaimed the day a holiday for them.
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What discourtesy!
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The discourtesy is mindblowing".
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I mean no discourtesy to Lloyd Dorfman.
Police discourtesy complaints are down fifty-three percent.
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