Will Wragg quits Tory whip after leaking numbers – POLITICO

But, in a further development Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the Conservative whips’ office said: “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.” Wragg admitted last week he was targeted by … Read more

How Westminster WhatsApp ‘honeytrapper’ targeted party conference season – POLITICO

The Labour official said: “It started off as fairly innocuous — like ‘oh, sorry, I missed you at this fringe event’ or stuff like that. And I was like, ‘okay, that’s plausible?’ Because I run around all over the place at these things.” The messages soon escalated, with “Charlie” sending an explicit image.  “It was … Read more