Thanks to the internet, it has become increasingly difficult for politicians to hide any past indiscretions. However, this hasn’t put some MPs off from trying.
Mr S has noticed some edits have recently been made to Tory MP Craig Whittaker’s Wikipedia profile. The page has had some interesting amendments, with two negative references to the MP for Calder Valley being deleted.
First, an edit in December saw all reference taken out to an incident in 2011 where Whittaker was arrested for an alleged attack on his son outside a petrol station.
A second change was then made which saw a line deleted regarding claims that he had misled his constituents over cuts to the NHS. Whittaker has been accused of misleading his constituents about the future of a local hospital which could be closed.
Mr S was curious as to why such information had been deleted in the lead up to the election so he found out what locations the changes had been made from.
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