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    James Cleverly facing calls to quit after joking about giving wife date-rape drug

    by Archie Mitchell Dec 24, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA

    James Cleverly has been urged to resign for joking about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug at a reception in Downing Street.

    Just hours after announcing a raft of measures to crack down on the crime, the home secretary joked about putting “a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink every night”. He added that it was “not really illegal if it’s only a little bit”.

    Mr Cleverly said the “what was always understood as a private conversation”. A spokesperson said: “James, the home secretary tackling spiking, made what was clearly meant to

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