Rishi Sunak faces another by-election headache after ex-Conservative MP resigns

Rishi Sunak is facing another by-election headache after ex-Conservative MP Scott Benton resigned today. Benton was already facing a recall petition and potentially a by-election after the House of Commons voted to approve a motion to suspend him for 35 days. Benton, who was elected as the MP for Blackpool South at the 2019 election, […]

Sunak faces fresh by-election headache after Scott Benton loses suspension appeal

An MP who was filmed offering to lobby for individuals posing as gambling industry executives faces a 35-day suspension. Scott Benton, who was elected as the MP for Blackpool South at the 2019 election, was found to have committed a “very serious” breach of parliamentary rules by the standards committee in December. The committee said […]

Ex-Conservative MP Scott Benton faces 35 day suspension over lobbying sting

An MP who was filmed offering to lobby for individuals posing as gambling industry executives faces a 35 day suspension. Scott Benton, who was elected as the MP for Blackpool South at the 2019 election, was found to have committed a “very serious” breach of parliamentary rules.  Parliament’s standards committee said the former Conservative MP, […]

As energy costs soar, we cannot balance environmentalism on the backs of the poor

The 2019 General Election realigned politics as working class voters in places like my constituency, Blackpool South, backed Boris and the Tories in record numbers. Whilst this was mainly attributed to Brexit and a dislike of the woke and metropolitan values which the Labour Party had come to symbolize, lifelong Labour voters who switched to […]