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The curious saga of a minister’s decision to publicly condemn a journalist for seemingly doing nothing more than asking some questions is dragging on, with Downing Street saying today it is keen to “draw a line” under the events – language which often indicates officials’ desire to close down an awkward matter.
This all began on Friday when Kemi Badenoch responded to questions by HuffPost journalist Nadine White about why the equalities minister had not taken part in a cross-party video promoting Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a furious Twitter thread calling the questions “creepy and bizarre” and accusing her of “making up claims”.
I don’t have any more to add to what I said yesterday. No 10 doesn’t have anything more to add to what it said yesterday. I hoped that what I said yesterday, and the conversation we had, would draw a line under it.
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