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varian Sat 02-Apr-22 20:54:11

Is this sort of behaviour from Tory MPs just par for the course these days?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10679563/Conservative-MP-David-Warburton-suspended-amid-sex-drugs-allegations.html

volver Sun 03-Apr-22 14:24:49

paddyann54

HISTORICAL problems? Honestly I dont even know some of the names you mentioned .I thought you meant current Labour/libdem and SNP sleaze.
I know Pete Wishart had an affair ...he left his wife because of it but with a record like the PM has ..one affair hardly seems worth mentioning .

I didn't know that. Of all the former members of Runrig, Pete would have been last on my list of "people most likely to have an affair" shock

Coastpath Sun 03-Apr-22 14:28:50

In addition to the alleged harassment and failing to declare the Russian loan he's one of the MPs who voted against the bill to make landlords ensure rental properties are fit for habitation. Funnily enough he is a landlord who profits from letting property.

It's hard to see him as an innocent victim of a sting even if that is what senior Tories would have us believe via the medium of the Daily Mail.

Urmstongran Sun 03-Apr-22 14:38:45

I bet Angela Rayner would have a name for him.
Me too.
Maybe slightly different but certainly not complimentary.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 03-Apr-22 14:55:53

Here is the idiot posing next to his line of cocaine

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 14:59:21

old enough to know better

Callistemon21 Sun 03-Apr-22 15:01:21

Whitewavemark2

Here is the idiot posing next to his line of cocaine

Good grief!!
You couldn't make it up (as they say).

Add Rachmanism to that Urmstongran

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 15:06:57

of course, we all must remember the Russians made him do it..

GrannyGravy13 Sun 03-Apr-22 15:42:38

BBC are reporting that he has been admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital.

DiamondLily Sun 03-Apr-22 15:43:25

He's somewhat "conveniently" been hospitalised now.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10681437/Cocaine-pictures-Tory-MP-Warburtons-wife-says-hes-hospital-severe-shock-stress.html

Urmstongran Sun 03-Apr-22 15:47:22

He’s a liability.
To himself. His family. His constituents.
This is unravelling in a way he never imagined when he took that selfie.

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 16:03:44

at least we know why he has lost so much weight

Zoejory Sun 03-Apr-22 16:10:19

I do wonder who on earth would choose to be a politician these days. Especially Conservatives. There is so much hate.

This man looks a prize chump but he is human. Humans can be idiots.

I'm not a Tory but all this viciousness on social media is dreadful. Jeremy Corbyn, who was not the best leader, suffered so much abuse as well. All MPs are fodder. As are public figures and woe betide you if you say something even slightly to the right.

Families get dragged in and I have no idea how they cope.

Brilliant documentary released a couple of years go. The Social Dilemma. Worth a watch.

The film highlights the concerns of former tech employees who say social media is undermining the shared sense of reality that underpins society. "The Social Dilemma" asks viewers to re-evaluate their relationship with technology and argues that social media is eroding democracy.

Zoejory Sun 03-Apr-22 16:11:12

Urmstongran

He’s a liability.
To himself. His family. His constituents.
This is unravelling in a way he never imagined when he took that selfie.

It wasn't a selfie, Urmstongran

Galaxy Sun 03-Apr-22 16:14:12

Lots of people have managed to be politicians without succumbing to the dreadful pressure of the Russians or social media forcing them to harrass women.

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 16:15:21

Lots of people in very normal public facing jobs have to behave properly and morally in public and socially. It really isn't that unusual

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 16:16:26

Lots of supermarkets for example, will sack employees who behave against their of conduct outside of work whilst wearing their uniform.

Callistemon21 Sun 03-Apr-22 16:17:30

This man looks a prize chump

Oh yes, a chump
hmm
Rather an understatement

Urmstongran Sun 03-Apr-22 16:18:21

No I appreciate the one with the lines of cocaine wasn’t a selfie Zoe.
He’s lost 6sts (or more) and is a bit of a poseur in my opinion.
I bet there’s loads of selfies out there.

Bet he regrets them all now.
They do say pride comes before a fall ....

Casdon Sun 03-Apr-22 16:18:25

If he is well enough to contact friends to tell them he’s in hospital with ‘severe shock and stress’ as the press are reporting I can’t imagine he has been admitted to an NHS psychiatric unit. The admission threshold is very high, only the most serious cases are admitted to a bed.

JaneJudge Sun 03-Apr-22 16:20:39

you cannot even get phone counselling at the moment unless you are suicidal. You have to ring 111 instead to talk to someone!

Maudi Sun 03-Apr-22 16:32:16

13:54Casdon

What happened to innocent until proven guilty. Yes I think all parties should be named or preferably none of them until they are proved guilty or not. It is unfair and this has happened before (not saying this is the case now) that women have shouted rape, ruined a mans life because he has been named and then you find out she made it up. Would you like your son to be accused and named when he is innocent and his life ruined.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 03-Apr-22 16:32:20

He will have checked into one of the private hospitals, like The Priory.

They assist with drug addiction.

Dinahmo Sun 03-Apr-22 16:52:58

Maudi
You're trying to hard to defend the indefensible.

GillT57 Sun 03-Apr-22 16:55:31

Maudi

13:54Casdon

What happened to innocent until proven guilty. Yes I think all parties should be named or preferably none of them until they are proved guilty or not. It is unfair and this has happened before (not saying this is the case now) that women have shouted rape, ruined a mans life because he has been named and then you find out she made it up. Would you like your son to be accused and named when he is innocent and his life ruined.

Not forgetting the innocent icing sugar being accused of being cocaine.

Casdon Sun 03-Apr-22 16:57:22

Maudi

13:54Casdon

What happened to innocent until proven guilty. Yes I think all parties should be named or preferably none of them until they are proved guilty or not. It is unfair and this has happened before (not saying this is the case now) that women have shouted rape, ruined a mans life because he has been named and then you find out she made it up. Would you like your son to be accused and named when he is innocent and his life ruined.

Maudi what you said in your original post was

‘Also I have always thought in rape cases or sexual assault cases, all parties should be named not just the man.’

You didn’t answer me when I asked you if you would want your name in the press if you were raped, instead you have changed your tack completely to say that men should not be falsely accused. I never said they should, I said accusers’ names should not appear. I remain shocked at your original statement.