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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ninian Wilson

Cabinet Office minister faces inquiry over abusive messages to Tory chief whip

CABINET Office minister Gavin Williamson is facing an investigation over a series of abusive and threatening messages sent to the then Tory chief whip complaining he had been excluded from the Queen’s funeral.

Williamson, who was a backbencher at the time, accused Wendy Morton of using the death of the monarch to “punish” senior MPs who were out of favour with Liz Truss’s government.

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