Westminster Sex Scandal

Tory aides complied a list of 36 Conservatives accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour in Westminster - including a few cabinet members - while a Labour activist claimed a senior party official told her not to report that she had been sexually assaulted by a colleague as it may damage her career.

A dossier has been compiled by Tory aides and details allegations being made against Conservative MPs.

The list includes six cabinet members of May’s Government.

Accusations range from affairs to specific allegations such as one Minister said to be "handsy with women at parties", and a backbencher who is "perpetually intoxicated and very inappropriate with women".

The unverified list accused two MPs of using the services of prostitutes while a well-known female MP is accused of having extramarital sex with young male researchers.

One former senior Tory was said to have propositioned his secretary by asking her to “come and feel the length of my c**k”.

What MPs Have Been Named?

• Michael Fallon resigned as Defence Secretary after admitting that he got “handsy” when he inappropriately touched the knee of journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer. Married father-of-two. Mr Fallon admitted to touching Julia inappropriately — but insisted he apologised over the incident 15 years ago and that both considered the matter closed. Julia said she did not feel like she was a victim of a sexual assault, and found the incident nothing more than “mildly amusing”. However, she later stated that when she said her hands were cold, she claimed he said “I have somewhere warm you can put them.”

• Brexit minister Mark Gariner admitted to calling his secretary “sugar t*ts” and taking her out to buy some vibrators in Soho. Caroline Edmonson said Mr Garnier stood outside the shop and sent her in to buy sex aides for his wife and a member of his constituency staff. He did not deny the claims but told the Mail on Sunday the incidents were taken out of context. He was reported to the Cabinet Office which launched an investigation.

• Home Secretary Amber Rudd was on the list as having a “workplace relationship with Kwasi Kwarteng”, another Tory MP. She is not accused of any misconduct.

• Steve Double, MP for St Austell and Newquay, admitted last year that he had an affair with a 26 year old researcher who was married to a journalist at his local newspaper. He came clean about his deception and his wife of 30-years Anne, 52, forgave him and took him back.

• MP Justin Tomlinson, 40 was named in the dossier for settling down with his 25-year-old aide Katherine Bennett in 2016 when he was already married.

• Grant Schapps, the party’s former chairman, was listed because of rumours allegedly spread by his political rivals that he had an affair, which he denies.

• Mark Menzies, who was also on the list, resigned as a ministerial aide in 2014 following reports he had hired a rent boy

We could see yet more resignations as more stories come out, but it's another dark day for our politicians.

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