Sunak defends Gavin Williamson over furious texts

Rishi Sunak was confronted on why he appointed the ex-whip chief Sir Gavin Williamson as minister after a complaint was levelled at him over the exchange of a series of expletive-laden texts addressed to former chief whip Wendy Morton.The Prime Minister was trying to defend his decision to keep Mr Williamson in his position when the BBC Political Editor Chris Mason asked: “If it is not acceptable, why one earth are you keeping him as a minister?”Downing Street confirmed that the Prime Minister knew about a complaint against Sir Gavin before appointing him to the Cabinet. Rishi Sunak was confronted on his decision to keep Sir Gavin Williamson in his position (Image: LBC BBC) Rishi Sunak was confronted on why he appointed Sr Gavin Williamson as minister after the complaint (Image: BBC News)Mr SUnak defended his decision, saying: “There’s an independence complaint process that’s being conducted at the moment. “It will be right to let that process conclude before making any decisions about the future.”MORE TO FOLLOW… Gavin Williamson sent a series of expletive-laden texts addressed to former chief whip Wendy Morton (Image: GETTY)