MP Quits Tories Over Honey Trap Sexting Scandal

MP William Wragg has resigned from the Conservative Party after admitting to being “manipulated” into sharing phone numbers of politicians with an individual he met on a gay dating app. On Tuesday, the party’s whips office said Mr. Wragg was “voluntarily relinquishing the Conservative whip.” Mr. Wragg had already stepped back from his roles as vice-chairman of the influential backbench 1922 Committee and chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. He had previously announced his intention to leave Parliament at the next election and will now sit as an independent. ‘Sack Himself’ During a phone-in on LBC on Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if he had shown a “complete lack and failure of leadership” by allowing Mr. Wragg to “sack himself.”...