Priti Patel apologises to Yvette Cooper after Tory activist is jailed
Labour MP sought apology after Joshua Spencer jailed for sending threatening messages
Priti Patel has formally apologised in parliament to Yvette Cooper after a Conservative activist was jailed for sending messages threatening to pay “crackheads” £100 to beat up the Labour MP.
Cooper used Home Office questions in the Commons to seek an apology after Joshua Spencer was jailed last week for nine weeks, and to ask why Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns gave Spencer a character reference at the court case.
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