William Wragg resigns party whip over Westminster honeytrap
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William Wragg, a member of parliament, has confessed to sharing the phone numbers of other MPs with a person he met on a dating application. He has decided to relinquish his affiliation with the Conservative party by his own will.
He has decided to become an independent Member of Parliament and will take his seat in the House of Commons without any political affiliation.
Mr. Wragg has resigned from his positions on the 1922 backbench committee and the Public Administration Committee.
He recently informed The Times that he was victimized by an alleged Westminster honeytrap scheme.
The member of Parliament for Hazel Grove shared that he had engaged in conversation with a person on a digital platform, who later requested contact information for other individuals.
They possessed harmful information about me. They persisted in harassing me. I supplied them with certain numerals but not all of them.
He expressed his regret to the newspaper, stating that he was sorry for causing harm to others due to his own weaknesses.
Around 20 individuals in the realm of politics have been said to have received unwanted messages, some of which contain explicit photographs.
The Metropolitan Police has verified that they are looking into claims of messages being sent to Members of Parliament.
The Leicestershire Police declared that they are currently looking into a case of harmful messages being exchanged.
In the past week, Politico website informed people of Westminster receiving doubtful messages from folks named Charlie and Abi. Politicians and news reporters have started disclosing their own instances since then.
Bosworth's Member of Parliament, Luke Evans, shared that he experienced a form of sexual harassment known as "cyber-flashing." He received an unsolicited image of a nude woman through electronic communication.
A previous member of Parliament informed the BBC that they were sent suggestive messages and a graphic image by an individual who stated that they remembered them from their time serving in Parliament.
The Conservative whips, who are responsible for maintaining party discipline, announced on Tuesday that their spokesperson stated that Will Wragg had chosen to resign from his positions on the Public Administration and 1922 committees. Moreover, Wragg also informed the chief whip that he would surrender his Conservative whip voluntarily.
It's a pretty rough time for the 36-year-old politician who used to hold the position of vice-chair of the 1922 committee. This committee gathers all the non-cabinet MPs in the Conservative party. Unfortunately, he had to leave the parliamentary party.
The party whips have stated that he made the choice to step down from his position on his own. However, the party chair, Richard Holden, has expressed his belief that it was the appropriate action to take.
During an interview with Sky News, Mr. Holden stated that it is evident that the individual's profession in the public realm has come to a conclusion.
Despite several MPs expressing their support for their fellow colleague and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt commending Wragg's "courageous" apology, there are some MPs who have privately shared their disbelief that Wragg has not been removed from the Conservative party. Furthermore, at least one Tory MP has personally reached out to the whips' office to suggest suspending Wragg from the parliamentary party.
Additionally, his continuous presence in the parliamentary group posed a risk of turning into an issue within the factions.
Mr. Wragg caused distress among some individuals who are associated with Boris Johnson when he became one of the initial people to demand his resignation following the release of the partygate information.
He openly called for Liz Truss to resign as prime minister. Jacob Rees-Mogg, who is one of her supporters, recently expressed doubts about the compassion Mr. Wragg has received. Rees-Mogg suggested that Mr. Wragg is quick to criticize others for not living up to his own high standards.
Andrea Jenkyns, who supports Mr. Johnson, expressed that Mr. Wragg was foolish for risking safety.
Mr Wragg choosing to give up the whip could relieve some pressure on the prime minister, but there may still be doubts from critics about why Rishi Sunak didn't take more forceful measures. According to Pat McFadden of the Labour party, this is yet another example of Rishi Sunak's lack of strength.
Currently, Mr. Wragg will be serving as an autonomous individual. His acquaintances are of the opinion that he has no plans of stepping down as an MP, even after declaring several months ago his decision to exit from politics in the upcoming election.
Being a Member of Parliament (MP) was a profession that was bound to come to an end this year for this person. However, it did not conclude in the way they desired.
