How a Tory MP ended up making a desperate 3am phone call to beg for £5,000 | The inside story
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День тому"Mark rang his former campaign manager, a 78 year old woman, and told her that he'd fallen in with bad people and was being detained against his will in a flat by people that were only going to let him out if he paid them £5,000."
A Times investigation has revealed allegations that the MP Mark Menzies misused thousands of pounds of campaign funds for his own private expenses. The Times's Billy Kenber reports that CCHQ was aware of the allegations for months before removing the Conservative whip after the Times investigation was published.
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00:00 The Times's Billy Kenber reports
05:20 Defence secretary Grant Shapps answers questions on the allegations to Times Radio Breakfast
06:59 House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt addresses the allegations
@muirislandjim453 14 днів тому
Menzies has not been suspended because of the allegations, he's been suspended because we found out. The Tories knew 3 months ago.
@31Blaize 14 днів тому
Yep. Mixed reporting on whether he's had the whip removed or resigned it himself as well. Insane that they've covered this up since Jan when the police should have been involved.
@jeffdingle9677 13 днів тому
@@31Blaize The SNP got a visit from the Police when thay had issues with inappropriate use of party-funds. So it's his turn next....
@steveharrison4176 13 днів тому
so did the Times.
@Rayblondie 13 днів тому
They appear to be hard only on the people that tell the truth like Andrew Bridgen and Suella Braverman sacked from the cabinet. This stuff speaks volumes.
@cassandra2249 12 днів тому
Yep, not a single decent one among them.
@jasoncooper9391 14 днів тому
The man who shouted his mouth off about Rayner 😂
@richardjones8699 14 днів тому
Doesn't look good re either frankly.
@edmurth 14 днів тому
@@richardjones8699except one is a hit job organised by a billionaire tax dodger, his political party and their client press, all so people like you say they’re all the same.
@ljt3084 14 днів тому
@@richardjones8699 Not sure how Rayners mistake of £1500 tax on a council house sale equates to any of the 11 tory MPs misdemeanours, largely sexual related scandals or the £29 million PPE scandal of Michele Mone that we are no longer hearing about.
@anthonyferris8912 14 днів тому
@@ljt3084 I think it's for the legal authorities to decide if it's a mistake.
@VesiustheBoneCruncher 14 днів тому
@@anthonyferris8912absolutely - which is why it would have been helpful for the Tory party leadership to report this three months ago to the police and the electoral commission rather than conceal it - something which I believe is in itself criminal, and bluntly, the real story here.
@davidwelsh332 14 днів тому
The sewer really has burst, hasn't it?
@nopants3560 14 днів тому
the scraping of the barrel has moved down to the lower mantle
@Chris-xv2gm 14 днів тому
Have you?
@elloco1996 13 днів тому
They should have paid the £5,000 on the condition they keep Mark Menzies, preferably never to be seen again.
@MrDeadhead1952 14 днів тому
It's clearly a case of misappropriation of funds and as such a criminal offence.
@willtricks9432 13 днів тому
Is that Montgomery Burns cackling in his mansion?
@GerryT. 14 днів тому
Starmer should take great pleasure in embarrassing Sunak and his MPs slating Rayner. And Synak wont be able to say they acted immediately...they didnt, theyve sat in it when the police should have been involved.
@nancyreid2416 14 днів тому
She stole in a different way.
@houldenc22 14 днів тому
No she really didn't, but she's offered to repay if there is anything owing
@BenRobinson1974 14 днів тому
Nothing about this is extraordinary. This is entirely ordinary for this bunch of crooks.
@ivanconnolly7332 14 днів тому
The whip was surgically removed, from a very dark place!.
@user-oi6ln4eq7b 14 днів тому
A gimp-wimp?
@ianpounder692 14 днів тому
Should the police be involved as it appears to be a case of embezzling campaign funds.
@andrewoliver8930 13 днів тому
Yes.
@jujutrini8412 13 днів тому
Embezzlement is a criminal offence, so yes.
@samthompson7568 14 днів тому
Being a tory means you need to have your bank accounts watched.....much like they're suggesting for people in receipt of benefits.
@samthompson7568 14 днів тому
To be clear, if you are a member of the conservative party, you're a fool paying into a criminal organisation.
@andrewoliver8930 13 днів тому
They accuse the others of what they are guilty of. Projection.
@GerryT. 14 днів тому
Police should make it clear to the Tory MP that if he is found to be lying he will be prosecured .
@timbanks7344 14 днів тому
The police should be investigating already.
@GerryT. 14 днів тому
@@timbanks7344 Starmer should destroy Sunak next week as PMQs. The Tories so quick to comment on Rayner, this is far worse, and seems the Tories have been sat on it instead of getting the police involved. If Sunak says he only became aware of it yesterday, Starmer should ask for proof.
@georgec7899 13 днів тому
CROOKSERVATIVES seems APT!
@martinfleet8772 13 днів тому
The croonies at it again... They steal more than some criminals and no one does anything,time and time again !
@monged4life442 13 днів тому
@@GerryT. Whats the point, saying anything about this will just be responded with "I've taken swift action (a lie), and he can talk, given Angela Rayners tax situation! (irrelevant)". Maybe he'll mention Jeremy Corbyn too if that isn't convincing enough. PMQs is completely pointless these days.
@anatolipek8549 14 днів тому
All tories disgust me, not one of them has any morals.
@Blonde_Somnambulist 13 днів тому
Labour are worse , they all feed from the same trough. Corruption abounds at Westminster.
@rallan1953 13 днів тому
Honestly, it's not just the Tories. The ruling class are corrupted and decadent.
@stephenmackenzie8920 13 днів тому
All politicians disgust me
@patrik-vw4ek 13 днів тому
@@Blonde_Somnambulistyeah...kier starmer let savile off the hook...Blair was caught harassing men in public toilets...Tory ,labour their all filth.
@derekrobinson5554 12 днів тому
Anybody know who we are going to vote for,come the election 😂
@TimesFM4532 14 днів тому
Sounds like the police should be involved
@davidjupp961 13 днів тому
Yes but they're all too busy with Angela Raynors 10 year old house sale
@johanlourens723 10 днів тому
Campaign manager couldn't find their number!
@if6was985 14 днів тому
Sounds like his dealer wanted his cash...fast.
@timbanks7344 14 днів тому
Everyone who new in January and kept quiet should step down.
@julianshepherd2038 14 днів тому
Trade delegate to.... Columbia. ____________ ____________. ____________
@MrDeadhead1952 14 днів тому
So he's in charge of increasing availability of marching powder then?
@if6was985 14 днів тому
@MrDeadhead1952 only if it came here in a Diplomatic bag...
@Jeffoneil.BanburyHairSalon. 13 днів тому
@@MrDeadhead1952 His colleagues have started calling him Mark "nose candy" Menzies.
@luisrodrigues1630 13 днів тому
Minister for vacuum cleaning and sausage tasting
@terrancedactielle5460 14 днів тому
Standard corrupt Tory. The fact that the party knew 3 months ago but did nothing is not really in line with Rishis promise of integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.
@user-ri1ti6go7s 14 днів тому
He, sounds a very very not nice person involved in dark goings on
@georgec7899 13 днів тому
Rishis PROMISE LOL LOL LOL
@glenncheatham1320 14 днів тому
🤦🏻♂️🙄Backpedaling as fast as they can. Again.
@jasoncooper9391 14 днів тому
And there's me thinking that the Tories are clean of scandals 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂oh dear James daly
@slacker2101 14 днів тому
Aren't there any legal ramifications? Especially serious if the party knew all about it for some time. In Scotland the police are involved in a party finance scandal; why not here?
@johnbennett9630 14 днів тому
So was/is the entire "get Rayner campaign" carried out to pre-empt this scandal the the tories knew was about to break?
@andrewoliver8930 13 днів тому
Looks like it. Their media buddies will do their best to sidetrack the public.
@GarethMachin-rb2sg 13 днів тому
The tory party has been sitting on this for over 3 months this is the true scandal. I hope the electoral commission and the police now get involved. The tory party should be prosecuted for knowingly harbouring a criminal. The tory party never had much of a moral compass. Know the compass has disappeared.
@HistoryonYouTube 13 днів тому
If Mr Menzies had fallen in with bad people who were holding him against his will, why didn't the party person call the police there and then?
@monged4life442 13 днів тому
That isn't conservative party policy.
@HistoryonYouTube 13 днів тому
@@monged4life442 I think the people who were holding him against his will were the local Conservative party activists!
@user-we8gk7pe2s 14 днів тому
Probably our next PM perfect credentials
@lucasjames7524 14 днів тому
"Not commenting while things are under active investigation" is a lovely all-purpose shield to try to avoid talking about things.
@monged4life442 13 днів тому
Funny how they're still able to talk loudly about Angela Rayner while she's under investigation isn't it?
@KaiColloquoun-gt7kw 14 днів тому
What name was Schapps using in this interview?
@user-oi6ln4eq7b 14 днів тому
Job well done - what's the newspaper industry equivalent of a Nobel Prize?
@Jan-se1nd 13 днів тому
As a Dane, I've tried to imagine how this would have played out had it happened to a Danish member of Folketinget (parliament), and I just can't... It's honestly easier for me to imagine a unicorn strolling down the halls of Christiansborg while conversing with other members of parliament. This is how ridiculous and perverse your political system has become, in my view, dear Brits,
@carlpierce2486 14 днів тому
Having the 'whip' removed will upset him immensely. It is his favourite bit of the job.
@raypurchase801 14 днів тому
I wonder which orifice he keeps it in.
@woodencreatures 13 днів тому
Angela Raynor anybody? The comparison is stark. Strange that the tories are not calling for a police investigation
@frank-caroltrott6131 13 днів тому
16 times more than the sum apparently owed by Angela Rayner in Capital Gains Tax. Did he pay VAT on this bribe?
@Mannie303 14 днів тому
Yet these guys want to go on about Angela Reynar and froth at the mouth. Meanwhile....the Tories will Tory 🤷♂️
@glennk6675 13 днів тому
I'm shocked!!😮 Another tory sleeze scandle. Who would've thought🤷♂️
@thomasdolan2244 14 днів тому
This is shocking but, lets be honest, there are millions if not billions of £ missing or misappropriated that we don't know about
@adamkennedy7297 14 днів тому
Like what the snp did? 😂
@FRU.No.1 14 днів тому
Lie after lie after lie after lie after lie.... Also why wouldn't a minister on £100k plus for years and years not have £5k in his bank account and has to go begging to employees at 3am? None of this smells right.
@Anon-xd3cf 14 днів тому
He's clearly snorted a bunch of stuff then tried to TOFF his way out of a dispute with dealers... When it was discovered he couldnt pay for what he had snorted.
@georgec7899 13 днів тому
The ODOR from the TORIES is overwhelming!!!
@Jeffoneil.BanburyHairSalon. 13 днів тому
He's spent all his money on immigrant rent boys and nose candy.
@katrinabryce 13 днів тому
If other allegations are true, then the money went on funding a drug addiction.
@willtricks9432 13 днів тому
Classic can pay, won't pay.
@2412Bec 14 днів тому
🙈🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ okay.... if he isnt arrested and spends time in prison then the uk justice system is "tiered"
@raypurchase801 14 днів тому
Will the last white heterosexual Conservative MP please switch off the lights as he leaves Central Office.
@JelMain 14 днів тому
Too late.
@raypurchase801 14 днів тому
@@JelMain I dunno whether to laugh or weep.
@billyf5591 13 днів тому
😂😂😂!.
@edmurth 14 днів тому
Which whip was removed? I suspect he has quite the collection.
@ianmccuaig9867 13 днів тому
We are paying for these criminals jail him for embezzlement
@davidnelmes5357 14 днів тому
A,matter for the police.
@lazslostpierre9951 14 днів тому
Great job Billy!
@AndyRossism 13 днів тому
I assume the likes of Mail and GBNews will be on this as passionately as they went for Radnor , in fact even more so....but I won't hold my breath
@AndyRossism 13 днів тому
*Raynor
@Redsleather 13 днів тому
Don’t forget the Tory cheerleaders the BBC and Laura Kuenssberg who are just as bad
@Bobbydyland 14 днів тому
He's going to need access to those funds to pay legal expenses now....
@brianjupp1748 14 днів тому
I think this one will need at least 30 police officers
@hughthomson6870 13 днів тому
seems to be alot if criminals in conservative party
@bryandewar2453 14 днів тому
where are the blue tents ????
@neilsailing 13 днів тому
Never mind all that.........Rayners outrage should be what we should be talking about......😡😤.......🤣🤣
@alastairwallace6153 14 днів тому
Yet will this be ininvestigated by police and splashed all over the media?
@w.urlitzer1869 13 днів тому
3 AM urgent need for cash? that's usually a need to pay for 2 things, both starting with a D. one can only wonder if the medical expenses resulted from this, too.
@gavinsmith9564 14 днів тому
Brexiteer, what do people expect...
@raypurchase801 14 днів тому
A raging queen, what do you expect...
@blaxtru 13 днів тому
The Honourable Mark Menzies. Irony surely died during the last scandal or the one before that or the one before......
@tellthetruthandshamethedev2489 14 днів тому
Tory ,labour, liberal, green, are all the same,different colour feathers on the same bird. We all need to vote for no confidence in the lot of them,we the people need to take back our power of democracy, and fairness and truth. We can govern ourselves. And fair well financially and equally.
@brendasmith1093 14 днів тому
The calibre of MP's these days is far below what is expected, no wonder the country is in the state its in, too much out of work or during work shenanigans to concentrate on the job they are supposed to be doing.
@andrewoliver8930 13 днів тому
Who's done wrong in this case?
@Royboy50 14 днів тому
Probably for re-constructive surgery on the you know what ,ha ha ha you can’t make this stuff up
@lcg8220 14 днів тому
I believe that's 3 & 1/4th Angela Raynors. Though realistically its ∞ Angela Raynors since I'm pretty sure shes going to be found to have done absolutely nothing wrong.
@GabrielA-mw4in 13 днів тому
This is worse than the end of the Major era. What are these MPs to, dating apps, blackmail, borrowing money due to being held hostage somewhere...
@blqeddie2946 14 днів тому
As we say in Italy "il più pulito ha la rogna"... Which means "the cleanest (Tory) has mange" 😂❤🇮🇹
@billyf5591 13 днів тому
😂😂😂!!.class.
@KingofPotatoPeople 13 днів тому
I can’t believe we even live in a universe where Grant Shapps is a front bench politician.
@martinfleet8772 13 днів тому
I've said time and time again, literally most of croony MPs are all doing this.. Their knicking off us all the time..!
@liberalmatt 11 днів тому
This has echoes of Stephen Milligan back in the 90s, though that sad case was all of his own volition. I've never looked at oranges the same way since...
@steveharrison4176 13 днів тому
The Times has had this story for 3 months but has spent the last 2 weeks going after Raynors alleged 12000 quid ,shows who their masters really are.
@monged4life442 13 днів тому
What are you talking about? The conservative party have had this for 3 months. They were hardly going to share it with the Times day one and would much rather it hadn't been leaked to them now.
@corndog527 14 днів тому
Not aware the should be aware of it 3 months ago.
@keithfowler2013 13 днів тому
He should have given Boris Johnson a ring. He always seems able to raise a loan ??????😂😂
@andrewoliver8930 13 днів тому
Media needs to concentrate on more of these things rather than tittle tattle and opinion. Good stuff.
@johanlourens723 10 днів тому
Only 5K? Cheap skate. Shame, the campaign manager didn't have the telephone number of the police ... so, out of desperation she paid the baddies out of her own pocket. I feel for her up to the point she when was reimbursed out of campaign funds.
@MrTzimisces 13 днів тому
See this IS a story, unlike the Rayner stuff you guys are desperate to stick
@anthonyferris8912 14 днів тому
How do they find these people? 🤑😂
@duckndive. 14 днів тому
I wonder if journalists are ever investigated. Not that I support any MP'S.
@evophantom 13 днів тому
The new information being that it was being published in a newspaper presumably.
@Richard-pe4cx 13 днів тому
imagine if a mamber of the labour party did anything like this 3 months !
@flyinghedgehog3833 14 днів тому
I know nothing ! Is he from Barcelona?
@FunnyBunny-pd5xx 13 днів тому
His constituency.......FYLDE is a very affluent area of Lancashire. (It is geographically "next door" to Blackpool)
@Kiss_My_Art 14 днів тому
Well done Billy, great investigating ! 👍
@duncanbedford4765 13 днів тому
Did he try to resist the rent boys illegal entry !!?? Suits you sir !Booo!😂
@Jessjoe1956 13 днів тому
Yeh but Angela Rayner, yeh but Jeremy Corbin, yeh but************************
@martinwyke 13 днів тому
What sort of shady characters are 'really nasty' people and add £1500 in interest?
@TERRYKOPITE1 14 днів тому
Shouldn’t have Dealers coming to you at all hours
@ef4638 13 днів тому
Right before elections...
@grahamturner1290 13 днів тому
Another day in Toryworld.
@dazzwsmith 14 днів тому
And theres currently 12 officers investigating Angela Rayner for a potential tax avoidance of up to £3000 that cannt be prosecuted because it was more than 10 years ago. Tories influencing the police?
@steveharrison4176 13 днів тому
very true and very odd that as the limitation of criminal an HMRC time for possible prosecution has past ,why are the police involved as they cannot possible prosecute ?
@jackpirie7382 14 днів тому
Shapps/Green says that Menzies is "very troubled" aye because he has been caught. Remember he has "form" for being with "rent boy/s and drugs.
@richardfinnigan7458 13 днів тому
"Smash the people smuggler gangs." Sir Kier? You must know that the demand for that criminal behaviour must be addressed. Lets see people as valuable resource, we have a low birth rate, we need to manage migration internationally so very few people want to pay a people smuggler.
@timsimmons5953 13 днів тому
Angela Rayner. People in glass houses should not throw stones. Locked in a room by bad people, Tories I should think.
@Craiga3885 14 днів тому
Gotta pay those tick bills
@Anon-xd3cf 14 днів тому
My thoughts exactly... 😅 Looks like he ran up a debt with a dealer who got fed up waiting to get paid.
@Craiga3885 13 днів тому
@@Anon-xd3cf we all been there lol
@danielpeate8366 14 днів тому
Where are all the 400 labours officials that have been arrested the last 3 years... with some disgusting charges!!????
@RickPeake01 13 днів тому
Senior investigator... waiting on a lead.. missed the real story by reporting on the cover up they allowed you to hear about.. and 😂... then follow..
@ColonelKurtz69 13 днів тому
LOVELY JUBBLYS
@ludgang5 13 днів тому
Another con man’ , how can the Tories claim to be the party of law and order
@ksay7649 14 днів тому
how bizarre
@dannyjonze 13 днів тому
wasnt this in an episode of 'the new statesman'?
@mariacrouch7109 14 днів тому
WOW 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
@jasoncooper9391 14 днів тому
Michael Green 😂😂😂😂😂
@michaelcoomes7670 14 днів тому
This is false ,he has been suspended because he's been paying for migrant boys like he was in 2014, this is all a cover up.
@timbanks7344 14 днів тому
Someone should be auditing his bank account as we speak.
@richardbarrow6606 13 днів тому
He Eat the Poo Poo 😊
@davidprentice5442 13 днів тому
The Rayner smear campaign is now explained.
@jedimasterbazz 13 днів тому
My only takeaway from this is that some people have £5000 in savings 😭
@daviddack1595 14 днів тому
Enough is Enough, A general Election Must Be Called Now. Re-Join The EU.
@davidfarrar2454 14 днів тому
Its piffle, lets move on, what about Rayner!
@raymondadams7570 14 днів тому
the word tory should be removed from the headline because all the parties are the same
@adamedge128 13 днів тому
No other party's are not like the tories!!!!!!
@ArjunGhag-ix7te 14 днів тому
All 4 main parties are sickening to most voter's. We want Churchill & Wilson back. Not unelected Sunak or beergate partygate brexit blocking jimmy savile scandal stained Starmer or police interrogated Sturgeon or negligent PO sub master suicides scandal Ed Davey. Most voters despise these 4 main parties.
@alana8863 14 днів тому
If you want to make false allegations against Starmer don't be a little snowflake - send them to Labour Party HQ. Starmer will be happy to teach you a lesson in court. No, most people despise the constant corruption of the Tories. No party will be free of scandal, but the Tories are corrupt beyond belief.
@KaiColloquoun-gt7kw 14 днів тому
Tory smears "every body does it"
@davidbarrett1006 14 днів тому
@ArjunGhag-ix7te Here we go again, wheel out the Brexit Blocker and Saville myths despite the numbers not supporting the former and the fact that of the four women interviewed by the Police none were prepared to testify in the case of the latter. If you are going to throw mud, make sure it's at the right people for the right reasons.
@carlpierce2486 14 днів тому
Nonsense.
@in_paradiso_58 14 днів тому
Calm down, it's not our fault you ain't received your free blackshirt and jackboots from the Daily Heil Fail, contact their Bunker and tell them directly...
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