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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

‘I meant it!’: Former Tory minister reacts to infamous viral comment caught on hot mic

Former Tory education secretary Gillian Keegan has said that she meant what she said about people needing to be grateful for the “f*****g good job” she had done while others had “sat on their a***s and done nothing” before.

Ms Keegan, who was a senior member of Rishi Sunak’s government before losing her Chichester seat in last year’s general election, was reflecting on her life in politics with ex-Labour MPs Jon Ashworth and Gloria De Piero on their Politics Inside Out podcast.

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