
Londoner's Diary
Home Secretary James Cleverly hoped the Shitgate saga had blown over this week. On Monday, he was quizzed by Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham about whether he had called the constituency a “shithole” or Cunningham a “shit MP” during last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. Cleverly, right, gave a surly response to Cunningham’s point of order and dared the Labour MP to call him a “liar” — a term banned in the Commons.