Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party.
Labour MP Andrew Gwynne has expressed regret over his "badly misjudged" comments in a WhatsApp group, which led to his sacking as health minister and suspension from the Labour Party . The comments, made in a closed group chat with Labour figures in Manchester, included sexist remarks about Angela Rayner, racist comments about Diane Abbott, and a joke about an elderly woman's death.
The WhatsApp group, called Trigger Me Timbers, included over a dozen Labour councillors, party officials, and at least one other MP. The Mail on Sunday reported that Mr Gwynne made antisemitic comments, joked about a constituent being "mown down" by a truck, and wrote that he hoped a 72 year old woman would soon have "croaked it" after she inquired about her bins.
The party vowed thorough scrutiny, saying, "We are investigating comments made in this WhatsApp group in line with the Labour Party’s rules and procedures."
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