Tory backbencher William Wragg addressed parliament today, repeating his call for PM to quit. He said 'It is utterly depressing having to defend the indefensible.'
He's the baby-faced MP who holds a powerful role in the Tory party - but has now been embroiled in a Westminster honeytrap plot.
He is vice-chairman of the powerful 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, and is also chair of the Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee. William Wragg was first elected to the House of Commons as MP for Hazel Grove, the Greater Manchester village where he grew up, at the tender age of 27
He said he had handed over the details of colleagues to a man he met on the gay dating app Grindr after sending him intimate pictures of himself. What would start out as claims the pair had met soon escalated to the sending of naked pictures and requesting pictures back.Last night, as he revealed the details of his role in the scandal, Mr Wragg - who is openly gay - said he was 'mortified' and apologised for his 'weakness'.
Mr Wragg grew up in Hazel Grove and went on to work as a primary school teacher in state schools in Manchester. He told ITV that although he was 'paid extremely well' he had to move back home with his parents in the North West or face being trapped in a rented flat.'In a few years hopefully I will have saved up enough for a deposit. I know exactly what it is like. I have complete empathy with people in that position.Mr Wragg campaigned for Brexit at the 2016 EU referendum and supported Andrea Leadsom to be Tory leader against Theresa May following David Cameron's resignation as PM.
As the 'Partygate' scandal engulfed Mr Johnson's premiership, Mr Wragg called for the PM to resign in January 2022 after his admission he attended a Downing Street drinks party during lockdown.As vice-chairman of the 1922 Committee, Mr Wragg helped coordinate the Tory leadership election that followed Mr Johnson's eventual resignation as PM.
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