Thread by @EuropeanUnity1

Starting a thread to highlight the loons amongst the 364 tory MPs

Updated every Sunday until we vote them out

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 1 MP for New Forest West & chief covidiot Desmond Swayne, who said:

Blacking up is “an entirely acceptable bit of fun”

Scientists & health experts should be “put in their place”

“The poorest are amongst the fattest”

Being gay is “gross and unnatural”

#TorySpannerSunday

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Part 2 MP for Telford Lucy Allan:

Suspended from her job for plagiarism

Fabricated a death threat from a constituent

Left bullying voice mails for a sick member of staff

Claimed covid “has no symptoms & causes no illness in the majority of people”

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 3 MP for Ashfield Lee Anderson:

Fined for blocking a campsite to keep travellers out

Said problem council tenants should be put in forced labour camps

Faked canvassing at a friend’s house for the TV

Joined facebook group with Tommy Robinson supporters

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 4 MP for Wellingborough Peter Bone:

Campaigned to bring back conscription & the death penalty

Opposed the minimum wage & paid an employee 87p an hour

Described same sex marriage as completely nuts

Used the help to buy scheme to buy himself a new home

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 5 MP for Lichfield Michael Fabricant:

Tweeted he'd punch a female journalist in the throat

Shared an islamophobic tweet about Sadiq Khan

Displayed an apartheid era flag in his office

Cycled naked in London

Claimed to be having an affair with a llama

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 6 MP for Delyn Rob Roberts:

Repeatedly propositioned a young female intern experiencing mental health issues

The conservative party took no action

He then sexually harassed a male colleague and was suspended from parliament

He has refused to resign

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 7 MP for Stone Bill Cash claimed:

£95K in accommodation expenses while renting out his £600K flat 300 yds away

£2500 for use of the Garrick & Carlton clubs

£15K to rent his daughter’s flat

£30K a year to employ his wife as parliamentary assistant

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 8 MP for Christchurch Christopher Chope has blocked or voted against:

Making taking photos up women’s skirts an offence

Pardoning Alan Turing

Tackling climate change

Exempting carers from hospital parking fees

LGBT rights

Publishing gender pay gaps

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 9 MP for Bassetlaw Brendan Clarke-Smith

Called food banks political weapons

Said it wasn't true people can’t afford to buy food on a regular basis

Described Marcus Rashford’s campaign for school meals in the pandemic as celebrity virtue signalling

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 10 MP for Monmouth David Davies said:

Global warming could be explained by changes in thermometers & criticised replacing coal with wind & solar

Most parents would prefer their children not to be gay

RSPCA is politically motivated in tackling fox hunts

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Part 11 MP for Bridgend Jamie Wallis

Co-owned Field Group, which included:

A sugar daddy website which preyed on the financially vulnerable

A claims firm barred by Ministry of Justice for misconduct

A quickie divorce website

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Part 12 MP for Shipley Philip Davies

Called for end to sex education, disabled people to be paid less than minimum wage as they’re less productive & human rights act to be abolished

Blocked laws for free hospital parking for carers & third world debt relief

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Part 13 MP for Kettering Philip Hollobone

Tried to bring back national service & the death penalty

Talked for 1.5 hrs to time out a bill to reverse NHS privatisation

Compared a burka to wearing a bag on your head

Wrongfully claimed £17K in travel expenses

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Part 14 MP for Workington Mark Jenkinson

Founder member of W Cumbria UKIP & stood for them in 2015

Voted against free school meals claiming covid food parcels were traded for drugs

Meanwhile racked up £127K in expenses in his first year as an MP in lockdown

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Part 15 MP for Bridgwater & W Somerset Ian Liddell-Grainger

Faked emails to himself from constituents to improve his responsiveness score

Bullied local councillors & lost vote of no confidence from his own party

Suggested SNP MPs commit suicide after brexit

Part 16 MP for E Worthing & Shoreham Tim Loughton

Said MP didn’t believe in families as she hadn’t produced one herself

Joined Labour to vote in leadership election

Meditates in the bath each morning & claims water back in expenses

Claims £25K for his wife as office manager

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 17 MP for Lincoln Karl McCartney

Claimed £1.1M in expenses 2010-2017 & £66K after losing his seat

Sent abusive messages to expense claim staff

Retweeted Islamophobic Tommy Robinson posts

Under investigation for false declaration of financial interests

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 18 MP for N Wiltshire James Gray

Pro-hunting campaigner who said he would use loopholes to get round the ban

Cheated on his wife as she fought cancer, hired his mistress on expenses as his diary secretary & continued to claim expenses for his wife

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Part 19 MP for N Herefordshire Bill Wiggin

Said he’d had enough of vegetarian nonsense & chlorinated chicken isn't the monster it's made out

Company director in tax havens of Bermuda & Cayman Islands

Claimed £4K on utility expenses that hadn’t been incurred

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Part 20 MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman

Submitted 734 inaccurate mileage claims

Called for section 28 to be restored, saying “marriage is between one man & one woman”, while cheating on his wife for 11 years

Retweeted islamophobic Tommy Robinson posts

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Part 21 MP for Selby & Ainsty Nigel Adams

Voted for bedroom tax & benefit cap while claiming £26K living expenses & £20K for his wife as office manager

Took donations from the tobacco & gambling industries and a Russian oligarch

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Part 22 MP for Hastings & Rye Sally-Ann Hart

Claimed it was OK that some people with learning disabilities could be paid less as they didn’t understand money

Shared an anti-semitic video, liked a nazi slogan & praised an article by an anti-islamic activist

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 23 MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham Daniel Kawczynski

Forced to apologise for bullying House of Commons staff

Called to bring back fox hunting

Told a one legged beggar to get a job

Spoke at a conference of far right politicians

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 24 MP for Romford Andrew Rosindell

Joined the Free Tommy Robinson Facebook group

Repeatedly blocked a ban on wild animals in circuses

Said £20 universal credit top up must end as some don’t need it

Claimed £125K for a 2nd home 17 miles from his first

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Part 25 MP for Tewkesbury Laurence Robertson

Said too many people in different multi-racial groups makes society very difficult to manage

Claimed £30K for his wife as secretary & £35K for his mistress as office manager

Voted against revealing gender pay gap

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Part 26 MP for N Shropshire Owen Paterson

Took £100K/yr from Randox who got £680M govt contracts without competition

Climate change sceptic who suggested less would die in warmer winters

Supported badger culls & fox hunts, likening ban supporters to Nazis

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Part 27 MP for S Thanet Craig Mackinlay

Former deputy UKIP leader

Said unemployed Glaswegians should get on their bikes & work with gorgeous EU women on farms in England after brexit

Failed to declare airline shares while lobbying to reopen Manston airport

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Part 28 MP for Berwick on Tweed Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Said the ice caps aren’t melting, we aren’t getting hotter & global warming isn’t actually happening

Claimed £136K in rent while letting out her London flat

Forced to apologise for sharing a racist meme

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Part 29 MP for Torridge & W Devon Geoffrey Cox

Paid £6M as a barrister on top of £82K/yr MP salary & claimed 49p for pint of milk

Advised Cayman & Virgin Island tax havens against fraud charges

Claims £22k/yr for 2nd home while renting out his London flat

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Part 30 MP for S Holland & Deepings John Hayes

After 27 refugees died in the channel he called for boats to be pushed back

Former energy minister paid £50K/yr by an oil company for 80 hrs work

Claims £40K/yr expenses to employ his wife as admin

Pro hunting

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Part 31 MP for Rochford & Southend East James Duddridge

Africa minister paid £400/hr by group promoting African brands

Tried to oust the speaker when he barred Trump from speaking in parliament

Claimed £11K accommodation despite owning 2 London homes

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Part 32 MP for Yeovil Marcus Fysh

Likened covid passes to Nazi Germany but supported voter ID

Failed to declare financial interest in health insurance company while lobbying to introduce insurance for social care

Claimed Amazon Prime membership on expenses

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Part 33 MP for N Cornwall Scott Mann

Called for national database of knives & for them to be fitted with GPS trackers in the handles

Had to be rescued after jumping in the sea despite being unable to swim

Employs his partner as secretary on £30K/yr expenses

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Part 34 MP for Epsom & Ewell Chris Grayling

Born 1 April

Gave a ferry contract to a company with no ferries

Claimed £104K for 2nd home 17 miles from his 1st

Paid £100K for 7hr/wk by company in BVI tax haven

Said B&Bs should be able to turn away gay people

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Part 35 MP for Chingford & Woodford Green Iain Duncan Smith

Created the bedroom tax

Said he could live on £53/wk benefits & claimed £39 for one breakfast

Lied repeatedly on his CV

Said disabled people would work longer hours & forego holidays

#JohnsonOut

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Part 36 MP for Esher & Walton Dominic Raab

Said UK workers are worst idlers in the world & refused to interrupt his holiday to help Afghanistan

Claimed foodbank users are not in poverty but have cashflow problems & men are victims of flagrant discrimination

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Part 37 MP for Southampton Itchen Royston Smith

Was UK’s laziest MP, attending parliament 7 times in 10 months & asking 2 questions

Claimed back £1 parking fee for visiting a foodbank

Gets £82K salary, £174K expenses, £18K for 30 hr as property consultant

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Part 38 MP for Broxtowe Darren Henry

The UK’s most expensive MP, claiming £281K expenses in one year, including £14K of “miscellaneous”

Said when people are really down they can get a payday loan

Claimed people use food banks because they can't budget

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Part 39 MP for Ipswich Tom Hunt

Claimed:

A disproportionate number of crimes are committed by certain communities

Historic England are waging war against our heritage

Union Jacks should be compulsory in schools

Juries are a barrier to punishing criminals

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Part 40 MP for Blackpool South Scott Benton

When 27 refugees died in the channel called to end human rights act

Failed to register financial interests 6 times

Called for restoration of death penalty

Claimed making divorce easier would increase foodbank use

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Part 41 MP for Wokingham John Redwood

Voted 3 times to restore death penalty

Called for more gas-powered electricity & less reliance on wind

Said single mothers have babies with no intention of a stable relationship

Claimed £3K twice for the same expense

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Part 42 MP for Stoke on Trent North Jonathan Gullis

Called for teachers who criticised the tory party to be sacked

Claimed BLM is Marxist & the term “white privilege” is extremist ideology

Said the media had a sick obsession with reporting covid deaths

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Part 43 MP for Clwyd West David Jones

Used chaffeur driven ministerial car to travel 100 yards

Claimed single sex couples cannot provide a safe environment for the upbringing of children

Made to pay back £81K profit on his taxpayer funded second home

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Part 44 MP for North East Somerset Jacob Rees Mogg

Suggested Grenfell residents lacked common sense in not evacuating

Said the increase in food banks was rather uplifting

Denounced ethnically diverse candidate lists, saying 95% of this country is white

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 45 MP for Beckenham Bob Stewart

Nicknamed “Bonking Bob”, he called a female journalist totty

Said covid is a foul Chinese illness

Claimed torture is sometimes justified

Banned from parliament for trying to influence a judge to save a tory MP from jail

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 46 MP for Swindon North Justin Tomlinson

Accused of bullying 5 tory party employees

Suggested families facing benefit cap take in a lodger

Employs his wife on £40K/yr expenses

Voted against protecting benefits of disabled kids & cancer patients

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 47 MP for Surrey Heath Michael Gove

Said it may be moral to keep an empire because fuzzy-wuzzies can’t look after themselves

Compared the Good Friday Agreement to appeasement of nazis

Claimed most Scots in London were in the underground begging

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 48 MP for Gravesham Adam Holloway

Claimed some rough sleepers chose to be on the streets & it’s more comfortable than army exercises

Forced to repay £1000 for claiming same expense twice

Said he didn’t care about the far right intimidating refugees

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 49 MP for Wakefield Imran Ahmad Khan

Found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15 yr old boy

His victim warned the tory party before the election

They took no action, their previous candidate having withdrawn for posting racist & sexist comments

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 50 MP for Witham Priti Patel

Bullied staff in 3 government departments

Sacked for secret meetings with Israel

Gloated over ending free movement & deporting refugees to Rwanda

Pro death penalty

Criticised footballers taking the knee against racism

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Part 51 MP for Rayleigh and Wickford Mark Francois

Made throat-slitting gesture towards Theresa May

Told Steve Bray he was signing his death warrant

Said he would never submit to bullying by any German

Went missing from parliament for a few months

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 52 MP for Gainsborough Edward Leigh

Wants to take Calais back from France to stop migrants

Said voters aren't worried about future of Great Barrier Reef

Said Lincolnshire's done its bit for refugees

Claims to be foremost opponent of same sex marriage

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 53 MP for S Northamptonshire Andrea Leadsom

Took £70K donations from subsidiary of company in Virgin Islands tax haven

Suggested she'd make a better PM than Theresa May because she had children

Described by the City as the worst minister we’ve ever had

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 54 MP for Windsor Adam Afriyie

A multi-millionaire, he said we can’t expect MPs to scrabble around on a salary of £67,000

Failed to declare role in a cannabis company while lobbying for medical use

Currently being pursued by HMRC for non-payment of tax

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 55 MP for Somerset & Frome David Warburton

Photographed with lines of cocaine on a tray

Under investigation for sexual harassment of 3 women

Lobbied for Russian banker ruled not a fit & proper person by the FCA & failed to declare a £150K loan from him

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 56 MP for Mid Bedfordshire Nadine Dorries

Urged people to report benefit claimants who tweet more than 50 times a day to DWP

Hired her daughters on £80K expenses

Retweeted a Tommy Robinson post

Claimed vote rigging is commonplace in muslim communities

#TorySpannerSunday

Part 57 MP for North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse

Said homeless people were too comfortable and the idea that everyone begging is down on their luck is a fantasy

Claimed £244K expenses last year on top of £116K salary

Wants to repeal the fox hunting ban

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Part 58 MP for South Derbyshire Heather Wheeler

Called Birmingham & Blackpool godawful places

Said rough sleepers in her constituency were “the traditional type, old tinkers, knife-cutters wandering through”

Claimed £10K in 1st class train tickets in 1 year