MPs have been expressing their fury today that the vote of no confidence in Theresa May allowed two suspended Tories to rejoin the party. Andrew Griffiths and Charlie Elphicke had both had the Conservative whip removed over claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour, but were reinstated yesterday so that they could vote.
Labour’s Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Dawn Butler described it as a ‘betrayal of women’, adding ‘how can Theresa May call herself a feminist when she lets an MP who was suspended back into the Conservative party to vote for her in the leadership challenge?’
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Tory sources last night said both men had returned to the party ‘for the foreseeable’ future, which suggested that it is not necessary for the facts in a serious case to change, merely the political facts for the Conservative party.
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