It's a pity that none of Lord Cameron's stardust rubbed off on Oliver Dowden as he faced a torrid time in the Commons due to his own party, writes Sky News' Jon Craig.
When David Cameron was prime minister, Oliver Dowden was one of his backroom fixers, first at Tory HQ and then in 10 Downing Street. From his early days as a Tory researcher he's been known as 'Olive' because of an office typo. But it's a nickname that's stuck, even now he's deputy prime minister.
Labour's Kevan Jones, a senior member of the Intelligence and Security Committee - which published a damning report on Chinese cyber attacks last October - demanded to know: 'Is that it?' And neatly summing up the despair of most MPs in the chamber, who concluded that Mr Dowden's statement was a flop, Mr Jones added: 'The spin was clearly not matched by this statement.
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