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Labour has demanded answers over the appointment of Mr Sabisky, one of Dominic Cummings’ “misfits and weirdos”, after he resigned from Boris Johnson’s team over his comments about race, sex and eugenics.

But before quitting on Monday, it’s claimed he sat in on a meeting with the Prime Minister on his first day - and took part in a meeting with Defence officials.

A senior government source told the Times it was “likely” classified material may have been discussed at the meeting.

Cardiff South MP Stephen Doughty has written to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill asking whether proper procedures were followed in his recruitment.

He told the Mirror: “The appointment of Sabisky, with his sinister views, to the heart of Government, when his shocking attitudes on issues from race, to women to the most vulnerable could be found at the click of a button, raises serious questions about whether anyone is keeping puppet-master Dominic Cummings and his “weirdos” under any control whatsoever.

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“The Cabinet Secretary and senior Civil service must now urgently answer questions about the security and integrity of the heart of Government.”

And Labour chairman Ian Lavery called on the PM to clarify whether he agrees with Mr Sabisky’s views - something his spokesman refused to do on 32 occasions this week.

In a letter, he asked whether Mr Johnson agreed with Mr Sabisky’s claim that black people are more “in the range of IQs 75 or below, at which point we are close to the typical boundary for mild mental retardation”.

He also referred to other online comments allegedly made by Mr Sabisky about women.

“Do you agree it is a man’s “place to command her to get on her hands and knees and her place to obey”, he asked.

Presented with a string of Mr Sabisky’s comments earlier in the week, the PM’s deputy spokesman would only repeat: “The Prime Minister’s views are widely publicised and well documented.”

Mr Lavery noted a 1995 column for the Spectator where Mr Johnson had complained about the British man for his “reluctance or inability to take control of his woman”.

And he noted a further column, published in the Spectator while the Prime Minister was editor, which claimed “Orientals...have larger brains and higher IQ scores.

"Blacks are at the other pole."

Mr Johnson has since apologised for the article, written by columnist Taki, saying it “does not reflect what is in my heart.”