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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak ‘coconut’ tweet

Kemi Badenoch has refused to restore the whip to Sayeeda Warsi, despite her having been cleared of wrongdoing over a tweet calling Rishi Sunak a “coconut”.

The former party chair, now a peer, resigned the Tory whip in the Lords in September when it emerged she was being investigated over the tweet.

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