It’s official: Robert Jenrick is running. Rarely a week now goes by without the Shadow Justice Secretary causing some sort of stir. Whether it is his impressive weight loss or his triumph over the Sentencing Council, the Newark MP is an ever-present in the headlines of the Tory press. But, in their latest initiative, it seems that the tech-savvy team behind Robert Jenrick have now come somewhat unstuck…
For this morning, in a bid to plug their man’s forthcoming London Marathon bid, team Jenrick created a WhatsApp group of friends and admirers. Unfortunately, more than 500 names were added including the cream of HM Parliamentary Press Gallery and one of Nigel Farage’s press team. Among those who had their numbers shared were David Cameron, George Osborne and William Hague. Who needs the Yellow Pages when you have got Robert Jenrick?
Following the error, team Jenrick changed the group chat name from ‘Marathon’ to ‘V’ and quickly began removing scores of contacts.
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