Richard Holden makes a speech after winning in Basildon and Billericay.A government minister delivered a brutal slapdown to Richard Holden after he queried the way her department hands out jobs.
The shadow transport secretary asked in a written parliamentary question whether the Foreign Office “takes factors other than merit into consideration when it comes to appointments and promotions”.
But he was reminded by Seema Malhotra, a junior minister in the department, about the controversial way in which he became the MP for Basildon and Billericay at the last election.
Tory bosses were accused of a “stitch-up” after Holden was effectively imposed on the constituency shortly before voters went to the polls.
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