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Torcuil Crichton

Attacks on Carrie Johnson are 'sexist and misogyny', insists Sajid Javid

Personal attacks on Carrie Johnson, accusing the Prime Minister’s wife of meddling in the work of government, are based on “sexism” and “misogyny” a Tory cabinet Minister has said.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid hit back at an unauthorised biography about Carrie Johnson which paints a portrait of her as controlling her husband’s Downing Street operation.

The book released by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft’s claimed her “behaviour is preventing” the prime minister “from leading Britain as effectively as the voters deserve”.

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