SHOCK AS SEX TEXT MP GETS THE ALL-CLEAR Tory’s messages to barmaids did not breach rules
DISGRACED ex-minister Andrew Griffiths has been cleared by the Parliamentary Standards watchdog over his sex text shame.
The Tory sent X-rated messages to two barmaids behind his wife’s back.
Standards chiefs ruled they could “not be sure” Mr Griffiths, 48, sent or received explicit messages ages when he would have been “engaged gaged in Parliamentary activities”. es”.
But the probe ruled some were sent during office hours.
Evidence shows several everal were sent in close proximity ximity to Commons votes he e took part in. One to Imogen Treharne was at 4.22pm as a vote on an EU matter was taking place. The same day cash was sent to Imogen by the ex- small business minister, a father of one.
He also begged for racy snaps on the same day as votes were happening on four Commons bills. bil Mr Griffiths sent 2,000 texts in all, ref referring to himsel himself as “D Dad a d dy ” and outlining sex acts. One constituent cons who complained about ab the Burtonon-Trent MP blasted the
verdict. verdi Local businessman John Anderson, said: “An MP should be a role model in public and private.” Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone, said data provided by the MP showed that “generally, sexually explicit messages were during the evenings, late at night, in the early hours and weekends. Some were during ‘office hours’.”
Ms Stone concluded she was “not persuaded the texts have caused significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House.”