Defence Secretary Liam Fox tonight conceded his frequent contact with former flatmate Adam Werritty “may have given an impression of wrongdoing”.
Mr Fox admitted it was a “mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend”.
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