Whitto reveals how he got his black-eye

Aside from the EU debate, it’s John Whittingdale who has become the talk of the Commons this week thanks to the black-eye he’s been sporting. While there has been much speculation as to how he came to get the bruise, his aides have insisted that it was simply won through an altercation with a lamp post.

Tonight at the UK Music summer party, the Culture Secretary’s colleague Nigel Adams — chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Music — appeared to hint at another cause. ‘Let’s welcome our fantastic secretary of state, who you will see got on the wrong side of an argument with a remain-er in the last week or two,’ Adams joshed to partygoers in the Lords.

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Happily Whitto was on hand to put forward his version of events, in his party speech.