Posted on 04/03/2022 6:21:54 AM PDT by RandFan
A Tory MP who has been suspended from the party over sex and drugs allegations could have been targeted as part of a 'sting' operation, senior party sources have claimed.
David Warburton, the MP for Somerton and Frome, is being investigated by the parliamentary harassment watchdog after a detailed series of images, audio recordings and messages emerged implicating him in unwanted advances to women and the use of Class A drugs.
One picture, which was circulating on Westminster messaging groups and has been obtained by The Mail on Sunday, shows Mr Warburton next to what appears to be lines of cocaine.
The allegations have emerged after the security services warned MPs to be on heightened alert for efforts at entrapment by 'hostile foreign powers'. In Mr Warburton's case, it is understood that a possible link between the release of the material and a foreign Communist party is being investigated.
A senior party source said: 'We take all such allegations extremely seriously, but some aspects of this look like a right old stitch-up'.
Last night, Mr Warburton, a member of the European Scrutiny Committee, said: 'I have enormous amounts of defence, but unfortunately the way that things work means that doesn't come out first.
'I have heard nothing whatsoever from the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme. I'm sorry, I can't comment any further.'
The allegations about the married father-of-two – who has been a Ministerial aide to both the Education and International Development departments – centre on a young woman whom he is believed to have met two months ago.
He is said to have invited himself back to her flat, where he asked the woman to order cocaine.
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I’m glad that our own politicians in Washington have no connection to cocaine parties and orgies. [/s]
LOL!
What a coincidence
A bit of advice my friend received when he ran for office recently was to never have a private meeting or go to dinner without family members present.
Bastards will try to set you up for gotcha pictures and BS allegations.
How do you think that people who run the parties control everyone? This guy probably went rogue and so they needed him out. It’s all in the House of Cards, the original brilliant version, the British Version, with Ian Richardson.
Order cocaine? Is that like a call to Uber Snorts?
McCarthy will be really mad that someone let the cat out of the bag.
Only Hunter can be Hunter...
Very good advice.
“A Tory MP who has been suspended from the party over sex and drugs allegations...”
No rock & roll?
That is interesting I’ve never heard that before.
But yeah you need to be careful if your going to enter “public” life.
ESPECIALLY if a conservative as the left gets a pass.
Hey, we’re weak when it comes to certain things, and women take full advantage.
A politician using drugs and cavorting in extramarital affairs? THE HORROR!!
Great idea. 🙂
Yep, and our enemies now that.
There are a lot of men who are willing to incinerate their careers for one night with a sexy Russian or Chinese spy.
I have a bit of warmth in my heart for such a traditional, comforting sort of scandal. A politician who is bit of a rake and a bit of a cad. A fellow straight out of Hogarth or Cruikshank.
“A bit of advice my friend received when he ran for office recently was to never have a private meeting or go to dinner without family members present.”
When I became a manager at an international company, I never had a closed door meeting alone with any employees. The one time I got cornered in a conference room by a woman who closed the door while I was on the far side of the room, I kept the table between us. I hated the paranoia and this was years before what we now call cancel culture I sometimes felt threatened by my uber-liberal (read “bastardly”) work associates. My dentist had all the doors removed from his rooms for this same problem.
Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But whips and cocaine excite me
Well you can't know if they're "wanted" unless you try!
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