Broadcaster brands scandal ‘witch hunt’

Broadcaster Julia Hartleybrewer has revealed she was the subject of unwanted sexual attention from a Cabinet minister.

She said he “put his hand on my knee” during a dinner at party conference. She said she told him that if he did it again she would “punch him in the face” and he took his hand away and did not do it again.

Ms Hartley-brewer said she did not view the inci- 0 Julia Hartley-brewer attacked ‘witch hunt’ dent as sexual harassment and that what was happening in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal was a “witch hunt”.