Tory MP leaves court docket after being discovered responsible of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy
Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been branded “disgraceful” after he got here to the defence of Imran Ahmad Khan, a Wakefield parliamentarian thrown out of the social gathering following his conviction in a toddler intercourse offence case.
On Monday, Khan was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy greater than a decade earlier than he entered parliament and is now awaiting a sentence.
Denouncing his conviction, Mr Blunt, additionally the chair of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on international LGBT+ rights, stated that Khan was a sufferer of a “dreadful miscarriage of justice” and his sentencing shall be “a world scandal” having “dreadful” penalties for homosexual Muslims worldwide.
His feedback drew widespread condemnation from a number of members with SNP MPs Martin Docherty-Hughes and Stewart McDonald quitting their positions as vice-chairs and calling on him to face down.
In the meantime, Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “rank hypocrisy” for utilizing “schemes” to scale back his tax burden because the cost-of-living disaster worsens.
The embattled multimillionaire chancellor is going through questions over his household’s tax preparations and wrote to the PM looking for an investigation simply days after The Impartial revealed his spouse’s “non-dom“ tax standing.
Push again in opposition to Blunt: ‘It’s time for the chair to go’
Labour social gathering chair Anneliese Dodds branded Crispin Blunt’s assertion as “disgraceful” as she stated Boris Johnson and Tory chair Oliver Dowden “should take motion in opposition to this Tory MP and distance their social gathering from his feedback”.
SNP MPs Stewart McDonald and Martin Docherty-Hughes additionally pushed again in opposition to Mr Blunt.
Parliament wants a revered and strong LGBT group and Crispin can now not present that management. He ought to stand down
Stewart McDonald
And Mr Docherty-Hughes stated the intervention was “totally inappropriate”, including: “It’s time for the chair to go.”
Former Tory MP Louise Mensch demanded his expulsion from “the Conservative Occasion for that assertion”.
“He’s simply defended the convicted abuser of a 15-year-old boy, and he’s thereby attacking the minor sufferer.”
Namita Singh12 April 2022 05:30
Tory MP branded ‘disgraceful’ for defending Khan
Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been branded “disgraceful” after coming to the defence of a colleague thrown out of the social gathering after his conviction for a kid intercourse offence.
Mr Blunt, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on international LGBT+ rights, denounced the conviction of Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan as “a world scandal” which might have “dreadful” penalties for homosexual Muslims worldwide.
However he was condemned by Labour social gathering chair Anneliese Dodds, who referred to as on Boris Johnson and Tory chair Oliver Dowden to distance their social gathering from his remarks.
And he confronted a revolt from members of the APPG, with SNP MPs Martin Docherty-Hughes and Stewart McDonald quitting their positions as vice-chairs and calling on him to face down. The SNP’s Joanna Cherry and Kirsten Oswald and Labour MP Chris Bryant left the group over the “utterly inappropriate” remarks.
Learn the small print on this report by our political editor Andrew Woodcock.
Namita Singh12 April 2022 05:17
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