In the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, he said Russia should 'go away and should shut up,' remarks that were widely ridiculed.
As chief whip from July 2016 to November 2017 he would introduce recalcitrant MPs to his pet tarantula, Cronus, which he kept in a case on his desk and joked about using a"sharpened carrot" to get his way.He described the arachnid as"a perfect example of an incredibly clean, ruthless killer", but it reportedly fell foul of the strict rules about animals in parliament.
Spoken to Gavin Williamson. He swore on his children’s life to me that he didn’t leak the Huawei news and neither did his staff. Said he believes this is the settling of a vendetta between him and Mark SedwillIn November 2017, he was appointed defence secretary, after a meteoric rise which saw him enter the Cabinet without ever having served in a junior ministerial role.
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