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Tory MP Peter Bone suspended from Commons for bullying
Well, there goes another one.
MPs have voted to suspend Peter Bone from the Commons for six weeks after an investigation found he had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around a former member of staff.
The move is likely to lead to a by-election in his Wellingborough constituency, a former Tory safe seat polling indicates could flip to Labour.
Parliament’s behaviour watchdog found Mr Bone had exposed himself to an aide and physically struck him.
Mr Bone denies the charges.
MP Peter Bone suspended from Commons for bullying, BBC News
Here’s some related coverage:
- Brexiteer MP who ‘exposed himself to aide and locked him in bathroom’ loses Tory whip, Conservatives shun Peter Bone after five claims of bullying and one of sexual misconduct upheld
- By-election likely after MPs vote to suspend Tory Peter Bone over sexual misconduct allegations, A by-election in Wellingborough seems likely as veteran Tory Peter Bone faces a six week suspension from Parliament.
- Brexiteer Tory MP who ‘exposed himself to staff member and trapped him in hotel bathroom’ facing suspension, Peter Bone, who denies the allegations, was also found to have ‘repeatedly pressurised’ employee to give him a massage in the office
- Peter Bone: Ex-Tory MP accused of sexual misconduct and bullying suspended from Commons for six weeks, The sanction means he will face a recall petition in his constituency, which could lead to yet another by-election for Rishi Sunak’s party.
- Peter Bone’s abuse ‘left me broken’, says Tory Brexiteer’s former aide, In an interview the ex-staff member said Mr Bone’s behaviour was ‘often explosive’
- Spare us devout MPs like Peter Bone. If we ever had faith in them, it is long gone, Despite a direct line to grace, the moralising politician fell short when it came to morals about bullying
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today published a report which finds that Mr Peter Bone MP “committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct” against a member of his staff in 2012 and 2013. It has recommended that he is suspended from the House for six weeks. A suspension of this length triggers the Recall of MPs Act 2015.
Independent Expert Panel recommends suspending Peter Bone MP for bullying and sexual misconduct, parliament.uk
Tories lose some more: Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections ‘one of worst nights any government has endured’
The results from Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire represent one of the worst by-election nights that any government has had to endure.
In Tamworth, the 23.9% swing from Conservative to Labour was the second highest in post-war by-election history. No government has previously lost so safe a seat – the Conservatives had a 42% majority in 2019 – to the principal opposition party in a by-election contest.
Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections ‘one of worst nights any government has endured’, BBC News
It is almost as if the country is waking up to the idea that almost anyone is better than the Tories.
Here are the results in graphical form – thanks to the BBC.
If this loss rate carries over into the general election the Sunak’s Conservatives could face utter humiliation. I am okay with this.
Sunak has failed to make a timely decision about Dominic Raab’s future
Do you think families should be able to go swimming in the local area? The Tories don’t.
Why Are The Tories (still) Polling So Poorly?
Rishi Sunak facing Tory rebellion over sewage into UK rivers plans
Even Tories have a limit – for some, it is Sunak’s plans to pour poo into our water.
Rishi Sunak is facing a defeat in the House of Lords over his bid to scrap clean water regulations that protect swimmers and wildlife as part of his post-Brexit bonfire of European Union red tape.
Rishi Sunak facing Tory rebellion over sewage in UK rivers, iNews
Tory ministers accused of five-star lifestyle and using public money “like a cash machine”
The Guardian is reporting that Labour plans to release a dossier tomorrow that will show that the Tories have been treating the public like their own personal cash machine. They have, it is reported, been living it up with luxury travel and five-star hotels.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are worrying about how we will pay for food and heating.
Starmer says Sunak is leading a party “addicted to sleaze and scandal” (The Independent)
Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of leading a party that has an “addiction to sleaze and scandal.”
The Labour leader made the comments during a heated PMQs session on Wednesday, 1 February.
He said the economy was “shrinking faster” than Mr Sunak’s leadership and the justice system lets “murderers walk the streets.”
Sir Starmer also raised questions on his handling of former Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs.
The prime minister accused Sir Starmer of taking the side of “extremist protesters and union bosses.”
Starmer says Sunak is leading a party “addicted to sleaze and scandal”, The Independent, YouTube