A Tory minister has been branded “ignorant” for joking “some little man in China” might be listening to him and his wife.
Mark Spencer - who is already being investigated over alleged comments about an MP’s Muslim faith, which he denies - made the remark as he tried to downplay security concerns over the Home Secretary.
Suella Braverman quit after using her personal e-mail account to send a market-sensitive document to two people outside government - and was then rehired six days later by Rishi Sunak.
