{"id":243907,"date":"2025-02-21T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/sacked-whatsapp-minister-andrew-gwynne-faces-standards-probe\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:58:18","slug":"sacked-whatsapp-minister-andrew-gwynne-faces-standards-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/sacked-whatsapp-minister-andrew-gwynne-faces-standards-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacked WhatsApp minister Andrew Gwynne faces standards probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parliament’s standards watchdog has launched an investigation into MP Andrew Gwynne.<\/p>\n

Gwynne was sacked as a minister and suspended from the Labour Party earlier this month after a newspaper reported offensive messages in a WhatsApp group.<\/p>\n

Gwynne, who is now sitting as the independent MP for Gorton and Denton, apologised for any offence caused by the comments.<\/p>\n

Parliament’s website says the investigation relates to “actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its Members generally”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The commissioner for standards, who looks into potential breaches of parliamentary rules, opened the investigation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The commissioner said the investigation is relevant to a section of code of conduct that says MPs “shall never undertake any action which would cause significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, or of its members generally”.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Gwynne said he regretted “badly misjudged” comments in the WhatsApp group named Trigger Me Timbers, after he was sacked by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n

In messages first reported by the Mail on Sunday, Gwynne had said he hoped a 72-year-old woman would soon be dead after she wrote to her local councillor about bin collections.<\/p>\n

Gwynne also joked about a constituent being “mown down” by a truck in the messages, which have been seen by the BBC.<\/p>\n

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan and 11 councillors in Greater Manchester, who were members of the WhatsApp group, were also suspended by the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

At the time, Downing Street said the prime minister would “not hesitate to take action” when ministers and MPs do not uphold high standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The commissioner for standards decides whether an MP has broken rules after an investigation.<\/p>\n

If they decide any rules have been broken, they can refer cases to MPs sitting on the Committee on Standards, who can impose sanctions.<\/p>\n

Breaching the rules on standards can lead to serious consequences for some MPs, including suspension from the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

There are many of these investigations every year but most end with a minor telling-off from the commissioner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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