Original sentence: Following her accusation that Starkey was a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the Rochdale 'grooming' case, he responded "with a furious ad hominem attack before marching up to me, wagging his finger in my face, shouting abuse, swearing and showering me with flecks of spittle"
Edited sentence: Following her accusation that Starkey was a racist "playing xenophobia for laughs" in his statements about the Rochdale 'grooming' case, he responded with what Penny described, in an irony and fact free ad hominen newspaper opinion piece, as "a furious ad hominem attack before marching up to me, wagging his finger in my face, shouting abuse, swearing and showering me with flecks of spittle"