Anne-Marie Trevelyan: ‘I’d have slapped Stanley Johnson’
The trade secretary said women have had to deal with "the wandering hand" for far too long.
The trade secretary said women have had to deal with "the wandering hand" for far too long.
Watered down proposals sent out by Johnson ahead of the vote were described as "typical Tory dirty tricks" by Thangam Debbonaire.
"Amazing how the BBC manages to spin a corruption disaster for the government as getting one up on Labour."
The MP's constituency sits next to some of the most at-risk flood areas in Britain.
Among them is former transport secretary Chris Grayling, who took a £100,000-a-year role advising a ports company.
He insisted the money for the tribute was "mistakenly added" to his expenses and that he would "happily" pay for it - once it was pointed out to him.
The Sunday Times reported the Transport Secretary – who the newspaper says owns a £100,000 aeroplane – “set-up and diverted public money” to a new team within the Civil Aviation Authority which is designed to lobby against planning developments that infringe on airstrips.
“I didn’t want to go out in an ambulance. I want to walk out with my head held high.”
In the past 11 years, 22 of the party’s main financial donors have been given peerages after donating a combined £54 million.
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