BREAKING: Former justice minister Crispin Blunt has quit an LGBT+ parliamentary group after defending a Tory colleague who sexually abused a teenage boy.
Former justice minister Crispin Blunt has quit an LGBT+ parliamentary group after defending a Tory colleague who sexually abused a teenage boy.
He was thrown out of the Tory Party after being found guilty of sexual assault on Monday. Still, Blunt leapt to his defence, and faced pressure from the Conservative hierarchy to withdraw his statement. ‘To be clear I do not condone any form of abuse and I strongly believe in the independence and integrity of the justice system.’
Labour Party chairwoman and shadow equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds called Blunt’s comments ‘disgraceful’.
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