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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Colin Drury

Tory MP who gave middle finger to Boris Johnson protesters says she was ‘standing up for herself’

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The Conservative minister who flicked a middle finger at protesters in London has defended her actions saying “she had reached the end of her tether”.

Education minister Andrea Jenkyns made the obscene gesture to crowds outside Downing Street on Thursday but has failed to apologise.

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