The ‘wild’ tale of the latest Tory MP to be suspended - from the journalist who broke the story
"Wild allegations. In all my years covering politics, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like that."
MP Mark Menzies has given up the Conservative Party whip after an investigation was launched over claims he misused campaign funds.
Ben Kentish hears the 'astonishing' story from the journalist behind it, the Times' Billy Kenber.
Mr Menzies says he "strongly disputes" the allegations made against him but the Tory Party is looking into the claims.
The MP for Fylde in Lancashire stands accused of transferring £14,000 of donor funds intended for use on Tory campaign activities to his personal bank accounts and instead used them for private medical expenses.
In 2020, he sought £3,000 to cover medical bills, but did not repay the money - instead asking for a further £4,000, according to the Times.
In a statement, Mr Menzies said: "I strongly dispute the allegations put to me. I have fully complied with all the rules for declarations. As there is an investigation ongoing I will not be commenting further."
The paper said a source close to the MP disputed this account and said the former campaign manager had been the one who suggested Mr Menzies use funds from the business account to pay his personal medical expenses, but she is understood to deny this.
A further £7,000 was received by Mr Menzies from the account in November, it is alleged.
Mr Menzies also faces claims he made a late-night call to a 78-year-old aide asking for help because he had been locked up by "bad people" demanding thousands of pounds for his release.
He is said to have called his former campaign manager at 3.15am one morning in December, claiming he was locked in a flat and needed £5,000 as a matter of "life and death".
The sum then rose to £6,500 and was eventually paid by his office manager from her personal bank account before being reimbursed from funds raised from donors, it is alleged.
A source close to Mr Menzies said he had met a man on an online dating website and went to his flat.
He then allegedly went with another man to a second address where he continued drinking.
Mr Menzies was sick at one point and several people at the address demanded £5,000, claiming it was for cleaning up and other expenses.
The source said Mr Menzies decided to pay them because he was scared of what would happen otherwise, but did not have the funds to transfer the money from his own savings.
Mr Menzies' earlier statement also applies to this allegation.
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For God’s sake. GENERAL ELECTION NOW! GET THESE TORY CRIMINALS OUT!!!!!!
@furious-vengeance
28 күн бұрын
You already know a General Election would put them right back in.
@andrewbullman5206
28 күн бұрын
Labour will be worse. Blair did all the things that wrecked us. Quisling.
@segue2ant395
28 күн бұрын
@@furious-vengeance Is this it? Is this the freshest Tory logic? "Nah no point in an election, we'd only win, let's just keep a Tory govt eh?" How thick are you? More importantly - how thick do you think the rest of us are? They're polling at nearly half what Labour are.
@ajpeagle
28 күн бұрын
@@furious-vengeance bs
@kanedNunable
28 күн бұрын
@@furious-vengeance no chance.
Just a normal day for a Tory MP
@MrsGraphiteGal
28 күн бұрын
They're all as bad, not many honest politicians. Look at our lot, the SNP.
@segue2ant395
28 күн бұрын
@@MrsGraphiteGal They're all bad. The Tories are measurably worse, though.
@ajpeagle
28 күн бұрын
@@segue2ant395 they are not all bad . Don't fall for this tory BS
@FunnyBunny-pd5xx
28 күн бұрын
@@segue2ant395 SNP take the Olympic Gold Medal.
@TrevorBarre
28 күн бұрын
But let's focus on Angela Raynor, shall we?
Wow, can't wait to hear all about Angela Raynor all day instead.
@nopants3560
28 күн бұрын
Totally !!!!
@kinderscout7000
25 күн бұрын
All the lot of em want ousting. Many SHOULD BE locked up.
But Angela Rayner!
@fannysquelch
28 күн бұрын
😂 that was my first thought 😂😅😂
@bobmason1361
28 күн бұрын
Diamond girl! 🙂
@gerardmackay8909
28 күн бұрын
Yes she may or may not have been in a relationship when she sold her house donkeys years ago so let’s keep HER on the front page. This country is descending into a surreal dystopia at a terrifying rate
@starmersbarber
28 күн бұрын
I have noticed that Grunt Shatts has been non-committal about this guy in media comments compared to his comments about Angela Rayner. What a sad despicable bunch of people....no moral compass whatsoever. Shatts must surely be aware of this guy Menzies and his story. I suspect he's lying as usual.
@user-oi6ln4eq7b
28 күн бұрын
@@starmersbarberBut Mr Schapps has to deploy distraction strategy due to his "apologetic" coiffure. Michael Fabricant eat your heart out.
I wonder how Tory boy Nick Ferrari will cover up for his Tory mates this morning.
@Rachel_M_
28 күн бұрын
Distraction and deflection are probably his only options.
@tyranitararmaldo
28 күн бұрын
@@deeingalaplike that will just make it look worse.
@user-ce8rm9tb6v
28 күн бұрын
Yeah but labour
@yetidodger6650
28 күн бұрын
he was probably in the flat too.
So... the Tories are demanding police investigation into Rayner's taxes from 10 years ago over a claimed sum of £1500, a case which cannot even be prosecuted. But they have made no attempt to contact police over the alleged kidnapping & ransom of one of their own MPs that occurred only 5 months ago! (to the cost of £6500, although I feel the sum of money here is somewhat irrelevant except to put into perspective the pitiful scale of Rayner's alleged crime) Have the Tories managed to reach a new low here?!
@stevej72
28 күн бұрын
I don't think the torys actually have a low point, you've got to have a moral compass first. Unfortunately these lot don't know the word moral or conscience. Hence their constant BS and whatever it is they're trying to do to the country.
@hoodatdondar2664
28 күн бұрын
@@stevej72 Ok, comrade.
@stevej72
28 күн бұрын
@@hoodatdondar2664 ???
@user-td9hp6li5h
26 күн бұрын
As Ben said in the video, there's surely more to come on this story. I don't believe that a Tory MP would not have £6500 to hand, the true figure is probably a lot more than that and he must have needed a top-up of £6500...
@choryferguson2196
20 күн бұрын
I think they're still digging tho…and why not?
The tories knew about this for 4 months and left it till we found out, to withdraw the whip. That’s ridiculous
@starmersbarber
28 күн бұрын
I wonder how many other stories as weird as this are being kept under wraps by the Tories to protect their own.
@hoodatdondar2664
28 күн бұрын
He was disgraced in 2015, but got re-elected.
this wont be on the front pages of the daily mail for successive days unlike the desperate attempts to smear Angela Rayner
Nothing is surprising at this point, as far as Tory MPs are concerned
@segue2ant395
28 күн бұрын
Second time in as many weeks that a Tory minister gets themselves into a sticky situation, is blackmailed, and sells out their colleagues to save their own skin, before being protected from legal prosecution and scrutiny by the same party they just betrayed.
Important to note that this was reported to the Conservative Party 3 months ago and was not passed on to the police or any action taken against the MP until moments after the story was made public by the Times. Had the times not reported on it it would have been kept quiet forever.
@007JHS
28 күн бұрын
Multiple crimes have been committed... Tory HQ has been complicit in covering up these crimes... effectively aiding and abetting.
This makes my blood boil!!! How are these people not in jail
@mcfcguvnors
28 күн бұрын
cos no one called the old bill - not even a case number ....YET :P
@scottpauley4363
28 күн бұрын
@@mcfcguvnors Tories disgusts me
... I needed the bathroom. So i went to one that i knew would be open at 3am. Upon arrival i met 2 men, Carlos and Eduardo, eho invited me into their cubicle so i could talk to them about government policy.
@stephenreeds3632
25 күн бұрын
😊😊
Can the Tories go one hour without a scandal or morally bankrupt decision
@jasoncooper9391
28 күн бұрын
Another one bites the dust 😂😂😂😂
Can we expect Richard Holden to be contacting the police about this, same way he did over Angela Rayner? I wonder
@mattydare
28 күн бұрын
Her possible misdemeanor pales into insignificance.
Quick someone mention Corbyn!
These grifters have to be stopped now
Looks like he will be a perfect candidate for the Reform party at the next election, not quite as mad as 30p Lee, but getting there....
General election Now.. another Tory party by election
@monged4life442
28 күн бұрын
I don't think this even calls a by-election... He's just not officially a Tory MP anymore. He's still their mp
The Daily Fail are calling for a police investigation. Only kidding.
@ianworley8169
28 күн бұрын
Daily Heil more like.
@geoffmorris1769
28 күн бұрын
It's the "Volkischer Beobachter"
It was at this point that my clothes accidentally fell off and i slipped on a glacier cherry...
@anonUK
28 күн бұрын
"...straight onto a peeled potato that I had left standing on a table that had somehow been pre-lubricated."
I now expect Daily Mail headlines about this non stop for a week...
@uniquerebeljaney3639
28 күн бұрын
Yeah, this will be all over their front pages for days.....oh, it's a Tory? Nevermind.
@segue2ant395
28 күн бұрын
You can check the Dail Heil's headlines right now, and see two stories about Angela Rayner. Nothing about this.
@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304
28 күн бұрын
@@GrahamFearnley Story is front page of The Times.
@hoodatdondar2664
28 күн бұрын
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Yes, silly partisanship here. Will be checking the Times regularly for the best coverage.
Written to this useless MP for years for help with an issue MPs where helping me with in previous constituencies. A waster!
@rayglenister9799
28 күн бұрын
The Tories are a Party of self interest. Most of them are wasters.
@kanedNunable
28 күн бұрын
you need to donate for them to care.
@mcfcguvnors
28 күн бұрын
written to my waste of space for 5 years , total of 89 emails = F*** all reply i want em all on min wage & forced to hand over 25% of their yearly net dividends from shares , to "Level up " properly.
@hencole
28 күн бұрын
Bolo you need to invite him round yours, lock him in and then he will deliver.
@BoloSparks
28 күн бұрын
@@hencole Hush money I reckon.
You don't call the police when you are working a scam.
@Anon-xd3cf
28 күн бұрын
You dont call the police when your dealers goons are holding you prisoner until you pay your drug debt...
@minui8758
28 күн бұрын
@@Anon-xd3cfto be honest if I was in that circumstance I would call the police… they aren’t going to be on the dealers side and you’d get the dealer arrested so win. But I’m not an MP
@MRJERRYCURTIN
27 күн бұрын
Exactly
I didn't even need to be told he was a Tory
Just when you think they cant descend any further they find new lows
Apparently second hand tory mp trousers are in demand, they are hardly ever on.
Isn't it wonderful to hear whos running the country 😂
Someone who has the poor judgement to allow himself to be kidnapped by rent boys on at least two occasions should be in rehab not the Houses of Parliament.
This is a man who we trust to write the laws that govern us! He clear has the best possible judgement and is not at all crooked.
bbbbbbut Angela Rayner ? don't look at us, look that them . and due to a right wing dominated press that's what will happen.
Hey Tories .....break the Rayner Corbyn emergency button now ......
How many more skeletons in the Tory closet?
@robertshepherd-mo9vw
28 күн бұрын
Skeletons? Don't you mean cemeteries?
@glenmcculla6843
28 күн бұрын
It's skeletons all the way down.
@adeofbass
28 күн бұрын
More than a Walmart on Halloween 😂
@tyranitararmaldo
28 күн бұрын
It's so full that if you were to open it, a tidal wave of bones would come pouring out.
There goes the Angela Rayner argument and smear campaign 😂😂
@kanedNunable
28 күн бұрын
the press wont report this tho will they?
People in glass houses tories!
Just a every day event for a "Tory MP"!
@user-td9hp6li5h
26 күн бұрын
Yes, move on...nothing to see here! Now, about more important matters - Angela Rayner, Angela Rayner, Angela Rayner...
Angela Rayner look at her. Nothing to see here.
@jasoncooper9391
28 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 three mothers old the Tories tried to cover it up
HYPOCRITE'S !!!
@simonmurray6833
28 күн бұрын
Correct spelling is HYPOCRITES😅
This guy is a typical Tory. Next thing will be the PM saying he has every confidence in him🤣
@hanswurst5493
28 күн бұрын
a government of 'integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level"
Tory comes from the Irish word for "Thief"...
@hilaryjohnson2386
27 күн бұрын
Yes.Thats correct.
Yeh but Angela Rayner!!!!! /s
It's either blackmail, or he's got... debts for alternative medications.
The main story here is that the Tory party knew about it months ago but didn't notify the police.
Thats 2 Tory MPs involved in separate blackmail stories, can't make this up!
@anonUK
28 күн бұрын
Fylde's next to Blackpool South and not all that far from Hazel Grove... must be something in the water.
I think they were reluctant to suspend him because he is one of the few MPs who is shorter than Rishi.
Just as well he has no constituents to serve! 🤔
@rayglenister9799
28 күн бұрын
That means he is self serving. Just helps himself.
Suspect he enjoyed having the whip withdrawn 😉
The Conservative party's cover-up needs to be investigated if they have known since January
Just another sordid and deceitful Tory MP, the Conservative Party are full of them!
And there's me thinking that the Tories was clean of scandals 😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh dear James daly
£5,000? That's two Angela Rayners worth. And then nobody did anything!
Integrity,professionalism and honesty, they don’t know the meaning ! Four months of cover up! This is beyond comprehension. Lying,corrupt individuals.
Funny how Tories only suspend him when story breaks, they have known for months!
I can't wait for the 'Sir Norman Fry' garden gate confession and apology skit!
Sky news KZread have their comments turned off on this subject.
The GIG economy at work. It's businesses as usual for the Grifters In Government.
*The arrogance and greed of the Tory is untold.*
Is this a guy on 88,000 quid per year plus subsidised meals, transport and rent - and he can't scrape together 6 and a half grand to keep someone quiet?
Why aren't the papers looking into every mp
Where do they find these people?
@DJWESG1
28 күн бұрын
Pirate school
@jasoncooper9391
28 күн бұрын
From the Gutter 😂
@jasoncooper9391
28 күн бұрын
Well well well 😂😂😂😂
@petesummers7626
28 күн бұрын
Oh, they're not hard to find, there are loads if you look in the right place....The Tory Party
@Jordan_Starr
28 күн бұрын
Private school
....but but but .... Labour ...
Wow! A Tory!!!! Who would believe that!?
Can't wait to hear about the 12 police officers investigating this ...
@FunnyBunny-pd5xx
28 күн бұрын
I thought it was 12 Police Officers investigating Angela Raynor ? HMRC - Capital Gains Tax Electoral Commission - two homes/houses. "Single" claim for Council Tax.
The worst Government in living memory
@chrissanders1027
28 күн бұрын
History
James Daly will have an explanation. It won't make sense, but he'll try.
No appearance from Grant Shapps on BBC news or ITV this morning.
Isn't his huge salary enough?
They should have paid the £5,000 on the condition they keep Mark Menzies, preferably never to be seen again.
If true, they didn't ask for much, are we talking rent boy or opportunist here or has he made up the story to cover for something else, drugs?
Back to day Zero on the Tory scandal calendar😂😂😂.yet another Tory disgracing himself and british politics. Sunak knew in January😢
Brexiteer, what do people expect.
@cgat1955
28 күн бұрын
What’s that got to do with it?
But according to the Tories, this guy is an innocent angel compared to Angela Rayner!
Tory corruption lol fancy that 😂
it is like all the Little Britain sketches where Tory MPs accidentally slipping inside a gentleman. Truth seems to be funnier than comedy.
To the Tories this must be a huge "BONE" of contention over Mark Menzies and his Brazilian! They must be at the end of their Wragg !!😆🤣🤣🤣🤣
how is that not theft?
@coppershark1973
28 күн бұрын
It is.
@davidpowell6098
28 күн бұрын
Obtaining money by deception, or are Tories above the law?
@kanedNunable
28 күн бұрын
@@davidpowell6098 clearly they are.
No one called the Police, well no that's because it is a normal day in the life of a tory MP.
Theft from a position of trust = 3 years pokey
@kanedNunable
28 күн бұрын
not for tories. he will be a lord soon i bet
@patrickburns574
28 күн бұрын
@@kanedNunable they can't keep the lid on this anymore. Watch him being abandoned and hung out to dry. Even trying to conflate it into a parliament issue and not a party one.
LBC WHY can you not keep up with The News. I am typing FACTS which are in to the Public Domain !
Why do they keep calling it extraordinary? It's normal for that lot.
These people that pass judgment on us...
So easily compromised, scary really.
Why is this not head line news on tv and main stream media !!
Cocaine’s one hellova drug 😂
Did Menzies refuse the rent boys illegal entry ?!!??😂😂
strange people in a strange land, they still have lords and ladies, dukes and duchess, the horror, the horror!!!
Goes from bad to worse... We are a lost cause.... Going downhill fast 😮
Crazy times
Why is it being kept quiet about William Wragg
"Own personal medical expenses" " "matter of life and death" ie. They know full well dufunding the NHS is putting the lives of those without personal monny to spend on medical needs at risk. 🤬
Classy people running the country
You keep voting them in!
So they are saying an MP was extorted for money , and the public nor the police had the right to know.
... brothel bills, most likely, the way it sounds!!!
Is this why the DM has been banging the drum about Angela Rayner?
Sounds like when little Britain Tory mp was telling his stories to the press !
3:23 I'm surprised James Daly didn't give them a bell.
LBC, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!
There all sick
Surely this was a case of the office manager being scammed???? No???
Hey Raynor… pay yer tax yer wrongen!