Heather Wheeler, Tories MP for South Derbyshire, said she had made an “inappropriate remark that did not reflect my true views” at a conference on Thursday and that she “apologized.[s] for any crime caused “. “I was just attending a conference in Blackpool or Birmingham or somewhere optimistic,” the junior minister’s cabinet minister was quoted as saying at the launch of the government’s new digital strategy. Chris Middleton, a tech journalist who was at the presentation, was the first to comment. The comment came the same day that Boris Johnson visited Blackpool in a bid to tarnish his tarnished reputation after Tory rebel lawmakers held a vote of no confidence in his leadership in the wake of Partygate. In Blackpool, in an effort to attract voters, Mr. Johnson promised a review of the mortgage market as part of plans to help low-income homeowners’ tenants and people on benefits buy their homes. His attempt to attract voters to the coastal city – the most degraded local government in England – could be overshadowed by Mrs Wheeler’s observation. The comment was also criticized by the Labor Party, with Vice President Angela Rayner saying: “It is honestly shameful that she is still in her post as a minister.” He also said: “The mask has slipped. This minister has clarified what Boris Johnson Conservatives really think about our communities behind closed doors. Disrespect is out of scale. “Heather Wheeler has shown her utter contempt for the electorate.” Shadow leveling up secretary Lisa Nandy wrote on Twitter: “What an absolute shower. We are told that they raise the level of the country, but they really believe that. “They can not even tell the difference between ‘Blackpool or Birmingham’ or ‘God’s somewhere.’ Ignorant and offensive. ”
