Welsh secretary Simon Hart went on live TV and seemed to step slightly away from the party line, saying he knows “what he would like to see happen” when it came to withdrawing the whip from Pincher. However, he acknowledged that the decision went down to Tory chief whip, Chris Heaton-Harris.
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