“Skinnner: "OK, half the Tories opposite are not crooks."”

—  Dennis Skinner

There is no evidence that Skinner said this. But see quotation from 1 April 1981, above.
It is an old joke which has been around since at least 1927 http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/04/19/half-fools/.
Misattributed
Variant: Skinner: "Half the Tories opposite are crooks."
Source: "Dennis Skinner Did Not Call Half the Tories Crooks (and How to Verify Other Quotes from Parliament)" https://clioseyeroll.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/dennis-skinner-did-not-call-half-the-tories-crooks-and-how-to-verify-other-quotes-from-parliament/, 03 December 2016.

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