Tory chairman Oliver Dowden was today left red-faced as a Boris Johnson-signed bottle of champagne he donated to a charity auction was sold as a ‘souvenir’ of the Partygate scandal.
But the Cabinet minister rejected allegations he had made fun of Covid rule-breaking in Downing Street as Opposition MPs lined up to accuse him of showing ‘contempt’.
Food journalist Jay Rayner, who has been a frequent critic of Brexit, prompted the furious row.
He shared a picture of a charity auction catalogue…
