You can't blame him if he was a bit drowsy. Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne valiantly attended yet another debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill - and he was so close to the finish line. After more than 60 ...

NEW Forest Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne has refused to apologise for telling vaccine sceptics to “persist” with their campaign against coronavirus lockdown restrictions, arguing that he was ...

Desmond Swayne boasted he blacked up, it was "fun", he's not sorry, and the only reason he won't do it again is because it was hard to wash off (Image: Daily Echo/Solent News) ...

Sir Desmond boasted last week he had blacked up as Godfather of Soul James Brown, it was "fun", he was not sorry, and the only reason he wouldn't do it again is because it was hard to wash off.

But Mr Swayne, 65, who has held his New Forest West seat since 1997, backed his boss, telling BBC's Newsnight programme: “It was a work do – it’s what people do at work, you have leaving-dos.

James Cleverly said Sir Desmond Swayne's response for doing blackface was just 'a bit of fun', when being questioned by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain.