The backbench MP for Fylde in Lancashire, Mark Menzies, had already been suspended from the party following allegations, which he denies, that he used campaign funds to pay off “bad people”.
Lancashire Police say they are reviewing “information” about Mr Menzies after Labour asked for an investigation. Rod Liddle’s take on Menzies today in the Sunday Times is unsurpassable
“My favourite fact about Mark is a testament to the wit and intelligence of our governing party. Ten years ago Menzies was accused of attempting to procure drugs from a teenage Brazilian rent boy. He immediately quit his ministerial position — and what did the party do then? It made him the government trade envoy to Colombia and Peru. Fill your boots, then. Do the Tories not understand how difficult it is to write satire when they do stuff like that?”
The Carlton Club is increasingly like a gay bar without the hi-energy music and a dance floor…
Spokesman for the Tory whips says
“Following Will Wragg’s decision to step back from his roles on the public accounts and 1922 committees, he has also notified the chief whip that he is voluntarily relinquishing the Conservative whip.”
Well that saves his suspension going to a vote at the Carlton Club…
Tory MPs are still in uproar over the William Wragg honeytrap saga. Far from taking Hunt’s line that he was “courageous” in admitting he handed over many private phone numbers of other MPs to the blackmailer – so “compromising” content of himself wouldn’t be released – many Tories are furious over his “unhinged” behaviour. The latest gossip circulating SW1 is that members – other Tory MPs – want Wragg suspended from the Carlton Club for 18 months. The rumour is members made the decision last night…
One gay Tory MP tells Guido of the move to suspend Wragg:
“I know they are worried. They have been getting calls about his behaviour. He is always in there c**ted with Jacob Young and Gary Sambrook. I know a number of people have raised their behaviour with the Club. A number of us have really cut back on going as it is like GAY-late when they are there.”
The Club declined to comment when Guido approached them. Classic Carlton Club…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”