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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Ashley Cowburn

Rishi Sunak stands by under-fire Gavin Williamson after expletive-fuelled texts

Rishi Sunak is standing by under-fire Sir Gavin Williamson who is accused of sending abusive messages to a Tory colleague complaining about not being invited to the Queen's funeral.

Sir Gavin allegedly accused the then-Chief Whip Wendy Morton of using the death of the Queen to "punish" senior MPs who were out of favour with Liz Truss's Government.

A leaked exchange of expletive-ridden messages concluded with him saying: "Well let's see how many more times you f*** us all over. There is a price for everything."

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