The comments made by Jake Berry, the outgoing Chair of the Conservative Party, on Piers Morgan Uncensored on 26 October 2022.
INTERVIEWER:
[Was it right that Suella Braverman came back to the Cabinet?]
JAKE BERRY:
Six days is a long time in politics. It’s for the new Prime Minister and he must be free to appoint whoever he wants. However, what I would say is from my own knowledge, there were multiple breaches of the ministerial code
INTERVIEWER:
[Multiple?]
JAKE BERRY:
Multiple breaches of ministerial code. It was sent from a private email address to another Member of Parliament, she then sought to copy in that individual’s wife and accidentally sent it to a staffer in Parliament. To me, that seems a really serious breach and especially when it was documents relating to cybersecurity as I believe that seems a really serious breach. The cabinet secretary had his say at the time, I doubt he’s changed his mind in the last six days, but that’s a matter for the new Prime Minister
INTERVIEWER:
[Did she hold her hands up to it?]
JAKE BERRY:
I wasn’t at the meeting, but as I understand it the evidence was put to her and she accepted the evidence rather than the other way around.