Documents released by Mr Jenrick appear to have dragged him further into the mire rather than helping him.
His second, almost certainly, was to text Mr Desmond later that evening in gushing tones, saying:"Good to spend time with you tonight, Richard. See you again soon, I hope."
But the emails between civil servants suggesting Mr Jenrick wanted to rush a decision don't look good either. And it's these that are potentially most dangerous for him as he battles to survive the political storm.Mr Desmond wanted a swift ruling to save himself millions of pounds in payments to Tower Hamlets councillors, whom he brands"Marxists". But then the outspoken Mr Desmond has never been shy of voicing his opinions.
This row isn't about a blunder by a civil servant or civil servants inside a cabinet minister's department, like the Windrush deportations scandal that saw Amber Rudd forced to resign as home secretary. It's not as if the former Express owner is a relatively unknown figure in business. Anyone who has done business with him will testify that he is ruthless, and often unconventional in his determination to get what he wants.
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