'Senior Tory MP' in Rape Arrest

[pigamus]

It looks like twitter has disappeared Mark Francis from trending.

Ooooh crumbs.

[Danger Man]

Seen people on Twitter saying that Mark Francois has deleted his facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/MarkFrancoisRayleighandWickford

[idunnosomename]

Jeremy Hunt

[evilcommiedictator]

Bozza just wanting to help another love rat out eh?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/cabinet-minister-lobbied-boris-johnson-help-charlie-elphicke

[jobotic]

Bozza just wanting to help another love rat out eh?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/03/cabinet-minister-lobbied-boris-johnson-help-charlie-elphicke

Any suggestion that the Conservative Party don't take these things seriously and aims to do the right thing is purely troublemaking by bitter leftists.

[Alberon]

Why are they trying to keep this secret when it is bound to get out, if it hasn't already?

The best approach would have been to get the potential rapist to voluntarily surrender the whip until a decision is made on charging. It is unfair he'll be forced to go public before getting charged (assuming he is) but he's in politics.

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

Why are they trying to keep this secret when it is bound to get out, if it hasn't already?

To protect the victim?

To avoid prejudicing a jury?

[idunnosomename]

from what I understand (not much) the accuser is not against him being named. and there's nothing in law stopping naming of someone arrested if it's in the public interest. there is quite a bit of a political dimension to this. anyway will find out soon I guess

[Hand Solo]

from what I understand (not much) the accuser is not against him being named. and there's nothing in law stopping naming of someone arrested if it's in the public interest.

What if it was deemed not in the public interest, like it would cause nationwide despair and mass suicides realising such a beloved public figure was in fact a vicious rapist? Asking for a friend.

[Jittlebags]

Are there any injunctions in place here? If I know who it is can I name him?

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

Are there any injunctions in place here? If I know who it is can I name him?

Say what now? Do you actually?

[DrGreggles]

Are there any injunctions in place here? If I know who it is can I name him?

There no injunction and (based on searching for 9 seconds on Twitter) plenty of people are naming him.
That he's been arrested is a fact, rather than speculation, so legally there would be no issue.

"Ian Tory-MP is assisting the police in their enquiries" is the go-to phrase, isn't it?

[Donnas Cakes]

Charlie Elphicke just went down for various sex pesting, this must be a new one.

Three Up Two Down CANCELLED.

[BlodwynPig]

Why are they trying to keep this secret when it is bound to get out, if it hasn't already?

The best approach would have been to get the potential rapist to voluntarily surrender the whip until a decision is made on charging. It is unfair he'll be forced to go public before getting charged (assuming he is) but he's in politics.

The victim asked when the whip was removed and the chief whip gave conflicting answers - ultimately landing on "if found guilty". Pathetic. Criminal. Demeaning. A threat the Britain. RIOTS.

[BlodwynPig]

There no injunction and (based on searching for 9 seconds on Twitter) plenty of people are naming him.
That he's been arrested is a fact, rather than speculation, so legally there would be no issue.

"Ian Tory-MP is assisting the police in their enquiries" is the go-to phrase, isn't it?

so spill the beans, obviously a minor person if you are not hyperventilating with joy.

[DrGreggles]

Well, I don't know if 'Ian Tory-MP' IS the person in question, so I couldn't say for certain that he was the one arrested.
But, if someone did know, there's no legal reason why they couldn't say so.

[BlodwynPig]

oh you mean Ducan Smyth-Iron

[dissolute ocelot]

There's no many senior ex-MPs who've not just been nominated for the peerage, how hard can it be to guess wildly?

[BlodwynPig]

There's no many senior ex-MPs who've not just been nominated for the peerage, how hard can it be to guess wildly?

they are a sitting MP. Hence calls for whip to be withdrawn

[vainsharpdad]

So you lose the whip for voting against Brexit deals, but not for being a bit rapey?

Seems fair.

[jobotic]

Well I can't find anything.

[BlodwynPig]

Talking about miscarriages of justice

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53694012

The court heard the category A film - the most serious there is - was accessed by Joyce between August 2013 and November 2018.
It featured what appeared to be seven different children, aged between 12 months and seven years.

The judge said Joyce had "sought help" and there was evidence he had been able to "reduce, perhaps completely" his "impulsive behaviour".

you mean, 7 years is now his cut-off.

8 months suspended sentence!

[Lordofthefiles]

Totally unrelated I'm sure:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/aug/28/chris-grayling-resigns-from

[idunnosomename]

that fucker should be drowned in his own piss

[bgmnts]

Grayling had been promised the job of chair by Boris Johnson only to fall victim in July to an ambush

Fuckin' mug.

[honeychile]

It's a source of profound disappointment to me that Grayling's name has been able to become associated with incompetent nincompoopery rather than the outright evil which accompanies said incompetent nincompoopery.

[Jittlebags]

So the House returns in a couple of days. Who is going to missing, or is going to look particularly shifty ?