It'll probably come to that now the story has escaped into the wild, but if the Tories went running to the cops every time one of their own did something illegal, there wouldn't be a Tory party.Why hasn't this gone straight to the police? It's fraud &/or theft, plain and simple - money donated to a local campaign transferred to personal accounts for his own use.
If there is a grain of truth to the "very bad men" part, that's some mitigation and the blackmail is a separate offence. But the original crime still stands - the victims being those who donated in good faith (to a shitty cause, the Tory bellends) and had that money misappropriated.
This is not a matter for the Tory party to 'investigate' and sweep under the carpet, it's a clear as day criminal case.
It'd be "Mingess"...What I’d like to know is if Mark Menzies pronounced Mark Ming?
I can’t begin to imagine what he would need these amounts of money for.
It must be hard sticking to the party line.
yeah. I wonder why "bad people" were forcefully demanding £5000 from him.... definitely potential for this to gerneate some fun once the bizzies start poking into his financial affairs and phone records.Trade Envoy to Peru and Colombia, apparently taps nose
Everyone knows what it's like when you run out of beak at 3am, and I'm sure we've all spun the odd kidnap story to resolve the issue.yeah. I wonder why "bad people" were forcefully demanding £5000 from him.... definitely potential for this to gerneate some fun once the bizzies start poking into his financial affairs and phone records.
or run up a large bill with your freindly neighbouthood charlie merchant and they want it paid off pronto.Everyone knows what it's like when you run out of beak at 3am, and I'm sure we've all spun the odd kidnap story to resolve the issue.
This sounds very New New Labour adjacent, tbh.Also forces Labour to respond and if it’s ever in place, repeal.
We can expect a dirty election campaign
It's just going to be months of dogwhistle ideas with no actual substance behind them, isn't it?I think he is casting around looking for ways to motivate potential Tory voters pre-election. Seems pretty desperate to me though, the act of someone who has completely run out of ideas.
It's a response to Reeves' "we'll reduce sickness benefit levels" isn't it?This sounds very New New Labour adjacent, tbh.
A friend was once convinced by a stage hypnotist that he was drunk and acted accordingly. I wonder if the dog reported to have been drunk in this story was actually hypnotised to appear this way. Is there anyone on this forum who would know about such things, and are they by any chance friends with a Tory MP?
Mark Menzies, who was suspended by the Conservative Party over allegations he misused campaign funds, is to quit as an MP at the next election.
Mr Menzies also confirmed he has left the Tory Party, which said he had shown a "pattern of behaviour that falls below the standards expected of MPs".
It said it could not conclude there had been a misuse of party funds after an internal investigation.
The announcement does not mean there will be an immediate by-election.
In a statement, Mr Menzies said he was standing down as the MP for Fylde in Lancashire "due to the pressures on myself and my elderly mother".
He continued: "This has been a very difficult week for me and I request that my family's privacy is respected."
Mr Menzies was suspended as a Tory MP after claims emerged in the Times that he called a party activist in the early hours to ask for £6,500 to pay "bad people" who locked him in a flat.
He was also accused of using £14,000 in campaign money for medical bills.
Mr Menzies has strongly denied the claims.
She has a weird delivery: like when soeone is making up lies on the hoof, and failing