Richard Holden sought to ignore questions about how he secured the candidacy in a plum Tory seat.
Tory chairman Richard Holden sought to dodge questions about how he landed a plum Conservative constituency during a tetchy TV interview.
He ignored questions about his candidacy during a pooled television interview, which he used instead to attack Labour’s schools policy, until Sky News’ Jon Craig stopped him, saying it was “ridiculous”.Craig was then challenged off-camera by an adviser who claimed the subject of the interview was not meant to cover Mr Holden’s position, an assertion Sky’s veteran chief political correspondent disagreed with.
Asked if it was an appalling stitch-up, Mr Holden said: “This interview is about Emily Thornberry’s comments today in which she admitted that it’s going to be our children across the country who pay the price for Labour’s decision to try and tax private schools if they get into office.”
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