A Tory peer sparked outrage after suggesting Yorkshire is a "county of leftist whingers begging for handouts" from the government in a bizarre Twitter rant.
Lord Moylan, an ex-merchant banker, former diplomat and one-time advisor to Boris Johnson, tweeted the insulting outburst on Saturday night after the Yorkshire Post reported the government's "levelling up" plans "fail to deliver" in the county.
Posting the front page of the paper's weekend edition, the former deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council said: "I’m going to Yorkshire for a short break next week.
