.@grantshapps on @BBCr4today on the PM's birthday celebration in No.10 in 2020:
"I don’t want to present a defence because I would be adding speculation to speculation... I share a sense of unease about all this."
"I don’t want to present a defence because I would be adding speculation to speculation... I share a sense of unease about all this."
“It’s clearly unwise to do those things”, Shapps eventually says.
Notably cites @BorisJohnson's own line that he should have sent people back inside for the drinks party in the garden that summer.
Feels like the line-to-take response to this was it too was 'unwise'.
Notably cites @BorisJohnson's own line that he should have sent people back inside for the drinks party in the garden that summer.
Feels like the line-to-take response to this was it too was 'unwise'.
“I find it frustrating we can’t be talking about the big issues today…”
That Shapps line sounds not just like a comment on the media, but it sounds like the very reason some Tory MPs now believe @BorisJohnson's premiership is getting in the way of governing.
That Shapps line sounds not just like a comment on the media, but it sounds like the very reason some Tory MPs now believe @BorisJohnson's premiership is getting in the way of governing.
Shapps has impressed quite a few Tory colleagues through the pandemic with his candid + confident media performances, as well as the policy judgement calls he's made.
Wonder if he's an outside bet for Tory leader? (Yes he has political baggage, but all the contenders do)
Wonder if he's an outside bet for Tory leader? (Yes he has political baggage, but all the contenders do)
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