Politics latest news: Police must investigate ex-Tory MP over £5,000 'ransom' phone call, say Labour
by The Telegraph
The Telegraph— Sir Keir Starmer has called for the police to investigate Mark Menzies after he lost the Conservative whip while the Tories look into claims he misused campaign funds.]]>
dailym.ai—Tory activists call for 'disgusting' MP Mark Menzies to face police probe as fury grows over claims he 'angrily' called 78-year-old mayoress at 3.15am demanding £5,000 to pay off 'bad people'. In another sleaze headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Fylde MP Mark Menzies had the whip suspended and was axed as a trade envoy over the extraordinary allegations.
Daily Mail—Ex-Tory mayoress who scandal-hit MP Mark Menzies 'called at 3.15am begging for cash to pay off "bad people"' says she is 'deeply distressed' because she's a 'devout Christian with morals' and her constituency 'deserves better'. Today at her neat bungalow in genteel Lytham St Annes, the lifelong Tory activist said she did not want to talk about the incident, which she is understood to have found 'deeply distressing'.
men—Tory MP and ex-health minister defects to Labour. Dr Dan Poulter has said he could no longer look his NHS colleagues in the eye as a Conservative