A Tory MP is under investigation over allegations that he misused campaign funds and abused his position after making a late-night phone call saying he’d been locked up by “bad people” who were demanding thousands of pounds. Mark Menzies, Conservative MP for Fylde and a government trade envoy, rang an elderly local party volunteer at 3.15am in December saying he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of “life and death”. The sum, which rose to £6,500, was paid by his office manager from her personal bank account and subsequently reimbursed from campaign funds raised from donors. £14,000 given by donors for use on Tory campaign activities had previously been transferred to Menzies’s personal bank account and used for his private medical expenses. The Conservative Party has been aware of the allegations of potential fraud for more than three months and has taken no action. The MP was accused of paying for sex from a male escort in 2014. thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…
@LizWebsterSBF Goodness me…if this turns out to be true then it’s devastating…not just for the individual MP but for the @Conservatives who have covered it up….?
@LizWebsterSBF Will be interesting to see if MSM pick up this story. My guess is no they won't 🙄
@LizWebsterSBF Meanwhile in #Fylde Why dig up & destroy green belt,farm land & disrupt rural villages when there must be a more environmentally friendly route for connection to #NationalGrid #BP Petition: Ban wind farm onshore asset development on green belt land petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6591…
@LizWebsterSBF @curiocat13 Do you know whether the police are going to tent his home, cart away computers and other items, call in the media, arrest, question and detain him and drive away his mobile home? #Tory #SNP
@LizWebsterSBF @martindvz Him and Wragg sound a bright pair. Why aren't we hearing about the latter anymore?
@LizWebsterSBF But.....but......Angela Raynor!!!!
@LizWebsterSBF @Mz_Kitten Oh dear! That’s quite a bit more than £1500 & more shady than a pair of Ray Bans 😎