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But no-one needed to hear the Green leader veer into Freudian territory, discussing oral, anal and genital obsessions over coffee and pecan pie.

This was the trigger for Lisa Raitt, the transport minister, to stage her mercy intervention — and for May to drop the f-bomb, as she hailed the heroism of Omar Khadr, the convicted terrorist. You can hold that Khadr has served his time and deserves to be free, without deeming him worthy of glorification.

It’s hard to say what provoked the tirade. There was enough booze floating about to pickle a pharaoh, even if May says she only drank some wine over dinner. She blames fatigue and the flu and has since apologized.

May said that it was failed attempt at humour — an edgy effort to satirize her own image as someone who weeps over fallen leaves.

The clip of her being hustled off the stage was “out of context,” she suggested.

The suggestion from some quarters is that because Liz May is a nice lady, and one of the few MPs who actually takes time to read the legislation, that she should somehow get a pass for this meltdown

In fact, a couple of minutes into her speech, she had already dropped an f-bomb, by questioning why no-one else had mentioned the event was being held on First Nations territory. “What the f—k is wrong with the rest of you?”

The suggestion from some quarters is that because Liz May is a nice lady, and one of the few MPs who actually takes time to read the legislation, that she should somehow get a pass for this meltdown.

But her goal on becoming leader of the Greens was to move the party to an equal footing with the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP — a feat she has accomplished with some aplomb.