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I'm told Theresa May is getting very cross about cabinet leaks and was very strict at this week's cabinet meeting, saying that cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill has spoken to all permanent secretaries to enforce disclipline
they are all getting particularly irritated about cabinet minister's quotes appearing on Twitter before they have even been voiced around the cabinet table
there was then an awkward silence, with our leaders hanging their head in shame or faux-shame or whatever
eventually....after what seemed like forever...Sajid Javid spoke up, admonishing the feckless leakers for (and this could be paraphrasing) their disgusting behaviour
some other colleagues were surprised by this intervention
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