Government whip compiling what looks like a register of Brexit heretics is unacceptable – Angela Rayner

Angela
Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education, commenting on a letter
from Government whip Chris Heaton-Harris MP to universities asking for the
names of tutors lecturing on Brexit and copies of their course syllabi, said:  

“This is yet another shambles from a Conservative
Government that doesn’t have a clue.

"It’s unacceptable for a Government Whip to compile what
looks like a register of Brexit heretics in the first place, but the Conservatives’
chaotic response has made things worse. First Number 10 tried to distance
themselves from him – remarkably claiming a Government Whip doesn’t speak for
the Government – only for Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House, to defend
his actions.

“This sorry episode reveals a Government in disarray and a Prime
Minister incapable of getting a grip.”