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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

Minister who made rude gesture says ‘I had reached the end of my tether’

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Education minister Andrea Jenkyns has admitted she “should have shown more composure” after making a rude gesture to a “baying mob” outside Downing Street.

Ms Jenkyns, who made the sign with her hand as she walked through the black gates, prior to her new appointment, said in a statement: “I had reached the end of my tether”.

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