Conservative MP Menzies quits party after misconduct allegations
Mark Menzies has resigned, after an investigation by the Conservative party said he has shown a "pattern of behaviour that falls below the standards expected of MPs" - Mr Menzies disputes the allegations.
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It's the latest scandal to engulf the Tories since the Prime Minister entered Downing street, with a promise to bring "integrity and accountability to government.
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If he had a normal job... he'd be sacked. As an MP he carries on until the General Election AND gets paid. This is disgusting.
@TheSuperPsychoKiller
25 күн бұрын
If he had a normal job, police officers would visit his office desk and take him away in handcuffs as his work colleagues stare on.
@longline
25 күн бұрын
By contrast, he's got a lovely income rolling in till the next election. It's a sweet ride for him. Anyone who says that it's tough for him though, it's hard for him, all this negative attention in his private life... If you had a sackable offence in a manual labour or service job, it would be weird if you could bow out later when it suits you. We would get fired and not be able to pay the rent this month. So forgive me if I'm not filled with sympathy for the Honourable Member.
@AntSudbury-tv3we
24 күн бұрын
More, taxpayer funded rent boys
@199019852007
24 күн бұрын
@@AntSudbury-tv3weindeed and lots of butt plugs
@kanedNunable
23 күн бұрын
and be arrested for theft.
He needs to be in jail, he committed fraud.
@snowyowel7961
25 күн бұрын
They are allegations, and nothing been proven. Which is more than can be said for the tax dodger rayner.
@rachelwalmsley5893
25 күн бұрын
The whole labour party needs to be in prison, just ask somebody from labour run preston x
@hastekulvaati9681
25 күн бұрын
@@rachelwalmsley5893 You think that has received less attention from the press, law enforcement and the Tory party than Mark Menzies’s escapades? The fact that your BS is the worst that all the pro-Tory right wing media can come up with is a very good sign that Labour is in good shape.
@rachelwalmsley5893
25 күн бұрын
@JohnAnders-em8lk the labour councillors in preston have given preston north end football club 10 milliion of taxpayers money from the goverments levelling up fund!!¡ just to line their own pockets and local contruction firm called eric wright xx he hides behind a charity xx theyre all in cahoots x
@marksandsmith6778
25 күн бұрын
@@hastekulvaati9681 RIGHT as with Angela Rayner smears.
Poor people get fired, and Mps gets to resign. If you are Liz Truz, you write a book.
@LuzDoSol-yr5bv
25 күн бұрын
@@jeremydunn932 Truth that!
@Rosbif06600
25 күн бұрын
Liz also get £100k per year pension for 49days as PM.
@WhatDemocracy
25 күн бұрын
Yea.... she's the type of woman you can smell through the phone
@LuzDoSol-yr5bv
25 күн бұрын
@@Rosbif06600 Jesus!
@charlielynes
25 күн бұрын
And she gets that for life @@LuzDoSol-yr5bv
For people who don't know, Fylde is the neighbouring constituency to Blackpool South where Tory MP Scott Benton has also recently resigned from, after he offered reporters, posing as investors, to lobby ministers in return for payments. A parliamentary investigation concluded that he had breached lobbying rules and recommended a 35-day suspension from the House of Commons, triggering a recall petition. Benton's subsequent resignation as an MP has now prompted a by-election on 2 May 2024. Could this be more than a few bad apples? Is it organised fraud and corruption, or is it just in the DNA of these shysters?
"It has been an enormous privilege filling my boots since 2010 at your expense, but now that I've been caught red-handed it's getting a bit uncomfortable. Therefore, I've decided to resign and looking to grift elsewhere ".
That took far to long, the party knew 3 months ago, the police should investigate, he needs jail time for stealing this money.
@steveevans3641
25 күн бұрын
It’s the party of criminals what do you expect?
He deserves to be in prison for corruption.
I don't expect the sleaze to stop,the tories are just a grubby shower .
Now remember it's not people like him that are not the problem, it's the homeless and the disabled.
Why didn't he call his "poor elderly mother" instead of a gullible elderly constituent?
@ljt3084
25 күн бұрын
Because he is akin to that stuff that floats on the surface at a sewage works.
@TheSuperPsychoKiller
25 күн бұрын
Because his mum hates him.
@pallascat1743
24 күн бұрын
@ljt3084 Rather what gathers on top in our rivers and seas after this lot relaxed water regulations for the benefit of shareholders.
I bet he gets his full pension not like us minions
Law should equal for everyone….. Jail sentenced and fine for him
Since when did saying "sorry" or resigning become a get out of gaol free card?
@jeremyroberts39
25 күн бұрын
It seems to be ok to do so if you're a Politician or hold a senior position in the Post Office. Don't think it would apply to you or me.
Using his "Elderly Mother" as a Human Shield? Classy.
Ironic that he claimed he was locked in a room with some bad people....very soon he may be locked in a small room with a bad person......😂
Another Conservative abandons The RMS Rishi Titanic.
That sounds like the sort of thing a smack head would say. 😂😂
Just what is the status of the organisation collecting donations that sits outside of the Party remit. We should be told!
He should resign as an mp
He didnt confess why he is stepping down, HE IS A THIEF
No lost but he should pay every penny back plus interest and if there are laws broken he should be charged
CLASSIC TORIES!
@zie9171
25 күн бұрын
He's filth but so are certain Labour, Raynorrrr for example. And many in Brown's day, eg Campbell, and others whose names I don't recall at the minute.
@saffaboy2007
24 күн бұрын
@@zie9171 Lol proper boomer comment. 😂 wHaTAbOuT WhAtAbOuT
@zie9171
24 күн бұрын
@@saffaboy2007 saffa boy ....dis vaar.
they just keep coming 😂
Can they ALL resign!?.?. So to stop the freefall of Uk…
If I cannot appropriate funds from this party, why should I be with it ;-)
What he quits, did Rishi not have the b---s to sack him so so weak
Amazingly, they cannot find misconduct with this despite having all the records of donations, spending, and constituency costs... But they know, without question, that Angela Rayner is guilty despite not having any records... 🤔
“Give me control of a nation’s money supply and I care not who makes its laws” - Mayer Rothschild 🤔🤜
and he is still getting £2,000 a week from us
The Tory leadership took exception to him not having offshore Bank Accounts to avoid Tax
Typical Tories.
@AntSudbury-tv3we
24 күн бұрын
The rent boy party,,,funded by the taxpayer,WTF
Good Riddance!
to drag an elderly mother into this scandal.
What a disgusting guy. “My elderly mother” BOOHOOOOOOO
He played the 'sick and elderly mother' sympathy card. Seem to recall a similar scene in the cinema toilets in Midnight Cowboy 1969.
He needs to go NOW.
If he was being held captive, but was allowed to use his phone, he called should have called the police.
Who was the money paid to?? They said they have concluded the investigation? What? 😒
But he hasn't resigned from his constituency! Foxtrot Oscar
I think he should stay as an example and the rest of the Tories should dissappear.
If he was totally innocent, as Menzies suggests, why would he resign?
Surely this has to be a criminal investigation matter also?
Never in my life have I ever seen a political party destroy itself from within so much. And it's wonderful to see!
He was the Brazilian envoy
@zie9171
25 күн бұрын
Brazilian something else too....
I wonder why he didn’t phone his mother in the early hours to bail him out ! He’s a very naughty boy !
Last time around he had a scandal, wasn't there a lot of palaver about it not being pronounced "Men-sees", but because it's a Scottish name it's pronounced "Minger"?
Arrest him. Now please.
He should be prosecuted for theft & fraud
Lock him up!
@envsf03
25 күн бұрын
isn't that how we or rather he got here..
Sad that in 2024 no one can say Menzies correctly...
Bringing his mother into it 😂 this guy sinks lower and lower!
Sunak's talk of integrity stops at rhetoric while freckles fly off the fan.
he should be in jail
Getting a dog drunk, thank god it wasn't allowed to drive. People could have been hurt.
So he thinks resigning means he's safe from prosecution, probably is in this pathetic biased country
It's tough at the top, rough at the bottom.
Tip top of the iceberg
A Tory resigned? No way! 🫢
At this rate the tories will run out of MPs before tge next election 🤣
Blar blar blar 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think this behaviour is something all the Tories are involved with that’s why they can’t condem him.
So he was forced to quit.
Rishi hasn't got a clue
Theft
What else was he involved in if he had to buy off a group of "bad people" who'd locked him in a room?
@matthewprince9705
25 күн бұрын
Owing money for cocaine... 😮
they blocked people from comment on sky news section lol.
Are the police investigating
The Tory’s knew about this for months and hoped it didn’t become public. Where is Sunak’s Integrity, Professionalism and Accountability? Just when you think it can’t get worse they fall further into the gutter…….
Clearly not fit to represent anyone......but it's convenient to keep him on. That whole place needs closing down.
This merely highlights the quality of candidates attracted to politics.
@davidhoward4715
25 күн бұрын
This merely highlights the quality of candidates attracted to the Conservative Party.
@edcoad4930
25 күн бұрын
@davidhoward4715 this merely highlights the quality of candidates attracted to the party in power. Let's split the difference.
@pallascat1743
24 күн бұрын
It is a conservative party thing because greed and selfishness are the core of their 'free market' ideology. Labour of course get some wrong 'uns but if you're joining the Labour Party you know the billionaire press is out to get you and until now it is unlikely you'll be in power. Also, the ethos that the Labour Party were founded on was community, equality of opportunity and public ownership. It's not like that now with Starmer at the helm.
😂🙀😹 Oh ya, it's my elderly mother. He probably doesn't even call her on her birthday😂
Has @jamesdalymp reported him to the police for misuse of electoral funds , Daly loves snitching to the old bill
Jail him the thief.
His elderly mother.... good heavens...!!
Toot toot, Mark 😂
Go and go now and take Sunak with you.
It is only fraud if Trump does it but I would love to know why he needed this money so desperately. Blackmail? Keith Vaz style expenses?
Stupid thing to be annoyed about but as it is a Scottish surname it really should be pronounced "Ming-ehs"
Tories are funny. They keep saying they want to continue doing good things while we are in the worst cost of living crisis since the war!
Quits the party? His misconduct allegations are SO BAD he became a LIBERAL 😀
@julianshepherd2038
25 күн бұрын
Good joke. If you remember the 1970s
@laverdadescatolica5
25 күн бұрын
@@julianshepherd2038 American here. I thought it was funny, lad 😊
He and his willy should be locked up,,,,, separately...!!! as one is just as guilty as the other...
And in this week "The Tories scandals" we present...
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I thought the name Menzies was pronounced "Mingis"? E.g. former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell ("Mingis", shortened to Ming).
SO .... 'MENZIES' IS PROUNOUNCED 'MENZIES' AFTER ALL ... YEP I KNEW THAT 'MING' CAMPBELL WAS TALKING BOLLOX
Why did it take so long?
@fullyungagged902
25 күн бұрын
...and why was he not sacked?
Class A habits. Snatch movie scenes.
It's pronounced mengies
can i also mix with bad people to make a good living?
Sounds like one of Andrews mates
Why are you makiin out he s some kind of hero?hes a corrupt evil underhand villian?he needs to be in jail with the rest of them
#ByElection
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha........Git!
Total Nonce
Labour, you have and had your rotten eggs.
I cant wait until they are gone come the election 😂
Wrong un
🏃♂️👮🏼♀️👮🏻♂️🚔🚨
So, exactly what was he doing? In 2024 its pretty hard to blackmail anyone, almost every kink is legal and we have a pride parade for everyone and everything.
@davidhoward4715
25 күн бұрын
People like you will support your Tory god-kings no matter how corrupt and incompetent they are. How sad.
Both parties are as bad as each other.
@emm_arr
25 күн бұрын
Clearly not.
@kerryfry1857
25 күн бұрын
Yeah reform is just as bad