Politics

There is “no reason to believe” Sue Gray was not impartial when she investigated partygate, a Cabinet minister has said.

“Making it difficult to trade with your biggest market is a dumb thing to do", Sir Martin Broughton said.

Several high-profile figures, meanwhile, have come out in support of Baroness Patience Wheatcroft.

Simon Case described Boris Johnson as a ‘nationally distrusted figure’ during the Covid pandemic, according to leaked messages.

It comes as the prime minister was warned that upcoming small boats legislation is ‘unworkable’ by the Refugee Council.

In 2021, a senior Tory MP and a journalist publicly accused Stanley Johnson of touching them at Conservative party conferences.

A lesson in why you should always check emails twice!

Hancock was described as “the most difficult of all the ministers because he didn’t take time to understand anything”.

John Nicolson had said politicians who put on too much make-up for television ‘tandoori themselves’.