#Tory MP #ScottBenton quits, triggering new #byelection headache for #Sunak
#Blackpool South MP had been suspended over his role in a #LobbyingScandal, triggering a #RecallPetition
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/tory-mp-scott-benton-quits-triggering-new-byelection-headache-for-rishi-sunak
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Goodbye Grifting Scott Benton
Rishi Sunak is facing another by-election headache after ex-Conservative MP Scott Benton resigned today. Benton was already facing a recall petition and potentially a by-election after the House of Commons voted to approve a motion to suspend him for 35 days. Benton, who was elected as the MP for Blackpool South at the 2019 election,... Read more »
Lol, such a tight ship you're running there Rishi....
Scott Benton is OUT!
How long did it take to get rid of this grifting tory fuck?
The process needs to be streamlined....or MPs could just stop grifting?
Aye, 'streamlining' it is then....
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/27/rishi-sunak-faces-fresh-byelection-as-former-tory-mp-suspended
#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Tories #ScottBenton #Blackpool
#RishiSunak faces fresh #byelection as former #ToryMP suspended
#BlackpoolSouth’s #ScottBenton had suggested to undercover reporters he would be willing to break #lobbying rules for money
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/27/rishi-sunak-faces-fresh-byelection-as-former-tory-mp-suspended
#ToryCorruption #ToryBehaviour
'#Tories may face #Blackpool #byelection as #ScottBenton loses suspension appeal
The #CommonsStandardsCommittee said at the time that the message he gave to the undercover reporters was “that he was #corrupt and ‘for sale’,...
MP for #BlackpoolSouth, who offered to #lobby for #gambling industry, loses appeal against 35-day Commons suspension'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/20/tories-may-face-byelection-scott-benton-loses-suspension-appeal-blackpool-south
#ToryCorruption #ToryBehaviour