Sunday Mirror

POWER IS AN

- BY ALAN SELBY AND NICOLA SMALL

DEPRAVED MP Andrew Griffiths bragged to a barmaid he bombarded with sex messages that his position as a minister made him irresistib­le to women.

When Imogen Treharne asked the married dad if he had many girlfriend­s, he told her: “I get lots of offers. Power is an aphrodisia­c.”

The swaggering small business minister was so sure of himself he even used his work mobile to beg Imogen and her pal for naked photos and trysts with them both.

Last night his political career was in tatters as he quit in disgrace. Theresa May saw him as a close friend and champion of women who campaigned for more female MPs.

But in reality the Burton MP was little more than a slavering pervert who certainly mixed small business with his own seedy pleasure in the House of Commons.

When he wasn’t voting or in debates, he was popping out to send sordid messages from “Daddy” to the two women he had met on social media.

And in between he tried to impress them by boasting about the famous and powerful people he knew.

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He sent one of the girls a selfie outside Buckingham Palace and shared pictures from inside, saying: “Daddy met the future king tonight: but thought of you.”

On June 27, referring to himself as Daddy, he said he had been up making speecheds and “running the country” but he wanted to be “licking naughty girls…”

And he told one of the girls: “I’m the daddy with power. I’m the daddy with the naughtiest streak.”

The MP who campaigned for upskirting to be outlawed, revealed his hypocrisy in one message to Imogen and her friend which said: “I want to be able to lift your skirts over dinner and show my friends.”

On June 20, 25 minutes after voting on the EU Withdrawal Bill, he messaged Imogen to say: “Hey… I’m good, Need distractin­g.” When she asked why, he replied: “Stressful day… Work work work.’

On June 26, he voted four times in Parliament on EU Trade and Partnershi­p Agreement Orders as well as the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill.

But he still found time to send sex texts saying: “Show daddy something filthy. I think I’ve earned it.” He also managed to wire the girls £200 for ‘treats’ remarking: “A horny daddy is a generous daddy.”

Two minutes before the last vote that day at 4.22pm he wrote: “I’m good. I thought you had forgotten daddy. And minutes later, at 4.29pm, he asked Imogen for filthy photos requesting even more explicit images, begging: “Are you going to show me?”

On the morning of July 4, he told Imogen he wanted to have sex with her before going on to vote on the Ivory Bill that afternoon.

When he wasn’t exhausting himself with his sordid messages he found time to keep reminding the girls of his links to power and celebrity. He sent Imogen an image of the House of Commons terrace bar at sunset and bragged about being able to provide money for the girls if they needed it, telling Imogen’s friend: “If you need money you just need to ask .... it’s fine baby, tell me

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