Lee Anderson
But the deputy PM said yesterday that the former Tory deputy chairman lost the whip because he refused to apologise for his remarks about Sadiq Khan
It was a question Mark Harper faced repeatedly when speaking to broadcasters this morning.
The former Tory deputy chairman lost the party whip after failing to apologise for his attack on Sadiq Khan.
Trevor Phillips poked fun at the GB News anchor after he lost the Tory whip.
He said the PM "has a responsibility to stop this slide into ever more toxic rhetoric".
It is a dramatic fall from grace for the party's former deputy chairman.
He said the London mayor had "given our capital city away to his mates".
The Tory MP quit his job just one week ago in order to rebel against Rishi Sunak.
Tory MP had stoked mutiny against Rishi Sunak by quitting as party's deputy chairman.
The pair rebelled against the Tory whip over Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill.