David Davis apologises for insulting Diane Abbott in text message

The Brexit secretary has been criticised for a ‘silly, sexist and patronising’ remark made about the shadow home secretaryBrexit secretary David Davis has apologised after private text messages emerged in which he insulted Diane Abbott.Abbott was said by friends to have been upset by reports of the remarks, which were leaked to the Mail on Sunday, and followed a late-night encounter between the pair in a House of Commons bar after Wednesday night’s historic Brexit vote. Continu