Jeremy Hunt’s children gaffe

Although Jeremy Hunt is often depicted as a more statesman-like figure than his predecessor at the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary has had his fair share of gaffes. Not long into the brief, Hunt made headlines when he mistakenly identified his wife as Japanese when she is in fact Chinese. At Thursday’s Press Gallery lunch, Hunt attempted to make light of the situation – insisting that his wife has since forgiven him for the slip.

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But will she forgive him for his latest error? In a Q and A with hacks at the lunch, Hunt, who is tipped as a frontrunner in any leadership race, was eager to push his Brexiteer credentials – telling those assembled that the next leader must ‘believe’ in Brexit, that he would pick ‘no deal’ over ‘no Brexit’ and ducking a question on whether he will run to replace May in a Tory leadership contest.