Labour candidate apologises for joking about threesome with Ed Miliband and a goat: 'We all have ability to get carried away with metaphors'
Clive Lewis made the comments during an interview with the New Statesman
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Your support makes all the difference.A Labour candidate has apologised for “getting carried away with colourful metaphors” by making a joke about being caught in a threesome with Ed Miliband and a goat.
Clive Lewis, who is standing in Norwich South, made the comments during an interview with the New Statesman after being asked about his chances in the forthcoming elections.
"I mean, in the multiverse there's still three universes in a hundred where there's a Green MP in Norwich, so anything could happen,” he said.
"I could be caught with my pants down behind a goat with Ed Miliband at the other end - well, hopefully that won't happen."
Mr Lewis later apologised for his bizarre remarks, telling the BBC: "On occasion we all have the ability to get carried away with language and colourful metaphors.
"If anyone was genuinely offended then I'm sincerely sorry for that."
Mr Lewis is a former reporter for BBC Look East.
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