Speaking on LBC this morning the prime minister also defended his handling of William Wragg sexting scandal
Rishi Sunak has tried to deflect criticism of his handling of the William Wragg sexting scandal by saying that Keir Starmer has been weak about Angela Rayner’s tax affairs.
William Wragg announced yesterday that he had voluntarily given up the Conservative whip in parliament, days after it had emerged that he had passed on details of colleagues in what appears to have been a sexting sting. Earlier on Tuesday he also resigned as chair of the Commons’ public administration and constitutional affairs committee and as vice-chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.
People can judge me if they want to judge me on that, that’s fine, I accept that. When it comes to weakness I know Keir Starmer still hasn’t answered any questions properly about what’s going on with Angela Rayner. When it comes to me and my affairs people are very happy to ask lots of questions, including Angela Rayner herself.
The world is sadly a less certain and a less safe place and it’s important that we invest to keep the country safe. That’s what we’ve been doing … we’ve seen the largest increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war. I authorised that as chancellor.
