Theresa May’s government may be on the verge of collapse but it’s still business as usual on the Westminster summer party scene. At think tank Freer’s summer party at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Liz Truss introduced the new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab – finding time to send him up after he was outed for having the same Pret lunch every day:
‘Freedom to choose is very important to me. I want the freedom to be able to eat a donut or drink a glass of wine. Our speaker tonight wants the freedom to eat the same meal at Pret a Manger every day of the week — and I applaud that freedom!’
When it came to Raab’s turn to speak, the newly appointed Cabinet Secretary insisted that he was optimistic for the future of Conservatism – compared to ‘Corbynist snake oil’:
‘I’m optimistic because I think this battle of ideas is there to be won.
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