MP slams Sunak for scene stealing
The Herald|May 23, 2024
JOHNNY MERCER SAYS 'IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM'
SOPHIE WINGATE
MP slams Sunak for scene stealing

DOWNING Street is allowing Rishi Sunak to hog the limelight as if he were “as popular in the polls as he was two years ago”, a Plymouth MP and Cabinet minister claims.

Veterans minister Johnny Mercer said No 10 should stop “placating” the Prime Minister and instead give air time to more popular colleagues, such as Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt. Mr Mercer vented his frustrations in a private memo written on his laptop, of which photos have emerged.

A passenger travelling on the same train to London as the politician on May 6 handed the pictures of his laptop screen to The Times.

The Plymouth Moor View MP wrote: “Political communication seems haphazard, un-themed and loose. We have average performers during important slots. How many people did (Transport Secretary Mark) Harper win over for us this weekend?

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 23, 2024 من The Herald.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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