**Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a “bigoted woman”.**The 65-year-old woman had challenged Mr Brown on a number of issues including immigration, crime and the economy during the exchange.
As he got into his car, he was still wearing a broadcast microphone and was heard to say “that was a disaster”.
It comes after Labour vowed for him to meet more ordinary voters.
The comments were made as he got into his car after speaking to Gillian Duffy, not realising that he had a Sky News microphone pinned to his shirt.
He told an aide: “That was a disaster - they should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that? It’s just ridiculous…”
Asked what she had said, he replied: “Everything, she was just a bigoted woman.”
Mrs Duffy, a widow, said: “I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet but if that’s what he said I’m very upset. I’m very annoyed.”
Immediately after the exchange she had said she would vote Labour. But after being told about his comments she said she would not.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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