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Westminster fashion police turn on Theresa May

Claws out in Westminster. Since Theresa May was appointed Prime Minister, several of her one-time cabinet colleagues have taken issue with her government’s Brexit stance. After May sacked Nicky Morgan as education secretary, Morgan has become a key member of the post-Brexit awkward squad — regularly voicing criticism of the PM.

Over the weekend, the pair’s relationship took another turn for the worse. In an interview with the Times, Morgan made a dig at May over a £1,000 pair of leather trousers the Prime Minister had worn in a photoshoot for the paper the week before. Discussing whether May can really promise to help the ‘just about managing’ families while wearing high fashion, Morgan said it had ‘been noticed and discussed’; ‘I don’t have leather trousers. I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much on anything apart from my wedding dress’.

So much for the sisterhood…

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