A SOUTHAMPTON MP has written to a national newspaper, demanding action over comments about Meghan Markle.

Caroline Nokes wrote to Victoria Newton, editor of The Sun, over an article written by Jeremy Clarkson.

The chairman of the women and equalities select committee led a total of 65 MPs who signed the letter.

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In her letter, the MP for Romsey and Southampton North said: “We are horrified at the recent article by Jeremy Clarkson in your publication.

“As parliamentarians of every persuasion, we condemn in the strongest terms the violent misogynistic language against The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle. This sort of language has no place in our country, and it is unacceptable that it was allowed to be published in a mainstream newspaper.

“Ms Markle has faced multiple credible threats to her life, requiring the intervention of the Metropolitan Police. Hateful articles like the one written by Mr Clarkson do not exist in a vacuum and directly contribute to this unacceptable climate of hatred and violence. 

“We are deeply concerned about the role modelling being promoted to young men and boys, that they can verbally attack women without a consequence or that it is okay to use violent language to address a woman that you might disagree with.

“You will no doubt know how violence against women and girls has surged across Britain in recent years. We must do better.

“Enough is enough. We cannot allow this type of behaviour to go unchecked any longer.

“We welcome The Sun's retraction of the article, we now demand action is taken against Mr Clarkson and an unreserved apology is issued to Ms Markle immediately.

“We further demand definitive action is taken to ensure no article like this is ever published again.”

On December 19, Mr Clarkson said he was "horrified to have caused so much hurt".

He wrote on Twitter: "Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it.

"In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future."

The Sun’s website was updated to say: "In light of Jeremy Clarkson's tweet, he has asked us to take last week’s column down."

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