Where will the Westminster honeytrap scandal go next?

Will Wragg has now resigned as both vice-chairman of the 1922 committee and chairman of the public administration select committee. It follows last week’s revelation that he was the source responsible for passing on phone numbers to a source who subsequently tried to ‘honey trap’ them over text messages. The circle of those caught up in the Westminster honeytrap scandal has continued to expand in recent days, with at least 15 figures now believed to be involved.

These people were sent messages from an unknown sender identifying themselves either as ‘Abi’ or ‘Charlie’. Three Tory MPs – Wragg, Andrea Jenkyns and Luke Evans – have already said that they were targeted in a ‘spear-phishing’ attack. BBC correspondent Henry Zeffman yesterday revealed that he too was targeted, as were attendees at last year’s Liberal Democrat conference, according to Politico . One of those believed to have been targeted told The Spectator that the account in question messaged him on Grindr and claimed to work for a Tory MP in parliament.