From Nazi-Themed Stag-Dos To Sordid Affairs… Here Are 7 Tory MPs Who Got The Boot
By: MTJ
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Taxpayer-funded duck houses, Nazi-themed stag-dos, affairs involving Russian spies – you name it, a Tory’s been sacked for it. As Priti Patel awaits her fate for secretly meeting Israeli politicians, here’s a very small selection of Tory downfalls.
Aidan Burley
MP for Cannock Chase Aidan Burley was forced to stand down for organizing a Nazi-themed stag-do (or bachelor party) at a posh ski resort in the French Alps. Groom-to-be Mark Fournier was fined £1,250 by a French court for wearing an SS uniform and insignia which had been supplied by the MP: Burley was the best man.
Groomsmen allegedly chanted offensive Nazi slogans in a crowded restaurant, including ‘Hitler, Hitler, Hitler,’ and toasted the Third Reich.One of the party allegedly taunted a waiter simply for being French.
Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide when details of the episode first emerged in 2011. When a 2014 report commissioned by the party found Burley acted in a “stupid and offensive way” by buying a Nazi uniform, Burley stood down from parliament altogether.
David ‘from toe job to no job’ Mellor
National Heritage Secretary David Mellor was forced to resign in 1992 following his affair with Antonia de Sancha. “Minister of Fun” Mellor – who at the time was 43 and had been married for 18 years – had been conducting an affair with the 31-year-old actress.
The Sun paid de Sancha for her kiss-and-tell story, wherein she claimed Mellor enjoyed spanking and toe sucking, and that they would make love while he was dressed in a Chelsea FC shirt. She later admitted to having stretched the truth.
Although then-Prime Minister John Major stood by Mellor through this particular episode, further scandals – including the revelation he had accepted a holiday gift from a woman connected with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – forced him to stand down.
Following embarrassing scandals like Mellor’s, Major used the 1993 Conservative Party Conference to launch his ‘Back to Basics’ campaign, intended as a nostalgic appeal to traditional values.
It spectacularly backfired, however, when a succession of Tory MPs were caught up in scandals. Like the time Transport Minister Steven Norris was accused of having five mistresses over 25 years, or when MP Michael Brown resigned following allegations of an affair with a 20-year-old male student (the homosexual age of consent, now 18, was 21 at the time), or when MP Stephen Milligan died of auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Mellor’s legacy lives on through a thinly-veiled Little Britain character, as well as Viz comic’s Baxter Basics MP whose antics continue to this day.
John Profumo’s Cold War scandal of sex and espionage
John Profumo, who was secretary of state for war, resigned (or was pushed out) in 1963 after admitting he had lied to the House of Commons about his relationship with a 19
By: MTJ
Tags:
Taxpayer-funded duck houses, Nazi-themed stag-dos, affairs involving Russian spies – you name it, a Tory’s been sacked for it. As Priti Patel awaits her fate for secretly meeting Israeli politicians, here’s a very small selection of Tory downfalls.
Aidan Burley
MP for Cannock Chase Aidan Burley was forced to stand down for organizing a Nazi-themed stag-do (or bachelor party) at a posh ski resort in the French Alps. Groom-to-be Mark Fournier was fined £1,250 by a French court for wearing an SS uniform and insignia which had been supplied by the MP: Burley was the best man.
Groomsmen allegedly chanted offensive Nazi slogans in a crowded restaurant, including ‘Hitler, Hitler, Hitler,’ and toasted the Third Reich.One of the party allegedly taunted a waiter simply for being French.
Burley was sacked as a ministerial aide when details of the episode first emerged in 2011. When a 2014 report commissioned by the party found Burley acted in a “stupid and offensive way” by buying a Nazi uniform, Burley stood down from parliament altogether.
David ‘from toe job to no job’ Mellor
National Heritage Secretary David Mellor was forced to resign in 1992 following his affair with Antonia de Sancha. “Minister of Fun” Mellor – who at the time was 43 and had been married for 18 years – had been conducting an affair with the 31-year-old actress.
The Sun paid de Sancha for her kiss-and-tell story, wherein she claimed Mellor enjoyed spanking and toe sucking, and that they would make love while he was dressed in a Chelsea FC shirt. She later admitted to having stretched the truth.
Although then-Prime Minister John Major stood by Mellor through this particular episode, further scandals – including the revelation he had accepted a holiday gift from a woman connected with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – forced him to stand down.
Following embarrassing scandals like Mellor’s, Major used the 1993 Conservative Party Conference to launch his ‘Back to Basics’ campaign, intended as a nostalgic appeal to traditional values.
It spectacularly backfired, however, when a succession of Tory MPs were caught up in scandals. Like the time Transport Minister Steven Norris was accused of having five mistresses over 25 years, or when MP Michael Brown resigned following allegations of an affair with a 20-year-old male student (the homosexual age of consent, now 18, was 21 at the time), or when MP Stephen Milligan died of auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Mellor’s legacy lives on through a thinly-veiled Little Britain character, as well as Viz comic’s Baxter Basics MP whose antics continue to this day.
John Profumo’s Cold War scandal of sex and espionage
John Profumo, who was secretary of state for war, resigned (or was pushed out) in 1963 after admitting he had lied to the House of Commons about his relationship with a 19