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May 18 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🔴NEW TORY SCANDAL ALERT!

#BorisJohnson’s party has been engulfed in fresh scandal as it emerged a Conservative MP had been arrested on Monday on suspicion of serious sexual offences, including rape, committed between 2002 and 2009.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…
Here are the details, from @POLITICOEurope

politico.eu/article/uk-con…
But @POLITICOEurope had already tried to answer the question 'what's wrong in Westminster?' (now timely renamed #Pestminster)
politico.eu/article/what-t…
As the @thesundaytimes reported in April, over 50 MPs are facing allegations of #sexualmisconduct after being reported to parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme.
thetimes.co.uk/article/56-mps…

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