Foreign Secretary James Cleverly looks utterly thrilled to be on the morning round today defending the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi and the financial affairs of Boris Johnson. #ridge
“I don’t know” is the overall response to both scandals. In reality, ministers receive a thorough briefing before going on the airwaves and are acutely aware of the topics they’re likely to be asked about. Foreign Secretary clearly doesn’t want to be drawn into all this.
“It’s not my role to investigate colleagues’ tax affairs” says Cleverly.
James Cleverly says he doesn’t believe all politicians should be made to publish their tax returns. Wouldn’t be fair to demand more from them than the public, he suggests, as that means regular folk won’t go into politics.
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