Simon (now Lord) Hart has written a diary of the Tory Government 2020-24 published as Ungovernable (2025). Between 2022 and 2024 he was Chief Whip. From 2020 to 2022 he was Secretary of State for Wales (MP for Carmarthen West)
Entry for June 20th 2022
News Corp Party at the Hyde Park Gallery. Charlie Brooks (husband of Rebekah) made sure I met Rupert Murdoch himself although he seemed totally bemused by the concept of the Secretary of State for Wales. I don’t think he had ever heard of Wales
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