Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has accused her own get together of “gaslighting” her after she criticised its dealing with of sexual misconduct allegations. Nichols, the MP for Warrington North, claims that Labour solely took motion against suspended MP Geraint Davies after details about his alleged “unacceptable behaviour” became public data. Additionally, Swipe accused her celebration of “choosing to not act” over a member of the opposition frontbench, who has been the target of sexual misconduct allegations. In response, Labour said that it has ensured “there is a wide range of support out there to complainants, to provide confidence and confidential guidance all through the disciplinary course of.” However, Nichols disputes this, accusing Labour of “gaslighting” her.
She tweeted: “Objectively untrue from Labour and all the time nice to be gaslighted by the get together you’ve been a member of since you have been an adolescent and now represent in Westminster. The ethical excessive ground is earned and I’m ashamed we don’t have it on this matter, even when no celebration has clean hands.”
Last month, Tortoise Media reported that a feminine Labour MP claimed she had been sexually assaulted by a male shadow minister after a summer time party in London in July 2021. The BBC later reported that a criticism was made to the Met Police however they might not be investigating the matter “at the victim’s request”. At the time, Labour mentioned it had not been contacted by the police or obtained a proper grievance.
Speaking to the Warrington Guardian, Nichols mentioned everyone who has the ability to behave on the case “has the information they want to do so and it’s past disappointing that until now my get together has chosen not to”. She suggested she might identify the individual in the House of Commons, where politicians can’t be sued for defamation beneath the terms of Parliamentary Privilege.
Referring to the case of Geraint Davies, who was suspended from Labour last week pending an investigation into reviews of “incredibly severe allegations of completely unacceptable behaviour”, Nichols stated: “As the Labour Party only acted within the Geraint Davies case on the point at which his title got here into the public domain regardless of allegations stretching back over an extended period, if this is what it takes to get them to do the proper factor, then I reserve the best to do this.”
However, she expressed hope that it would not come to this, as Labour should “not have to be publicly shamed into taking sturdy action”. Nichols has previously spoken of a listing of 30 MPs she says she was warned to “steer clear” of after being elected in 2019 and condemned a “rotten culture” inside Westminster in relation to handling sexual misconduct allegations.
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