What did Conor Burns do at Tory conference?

[Tulipomania]

Anyone know why he's been sacked?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/07/senior-tory-mp-conor-burns-asked-to-resign-after-serious-misconduct-claim

Blimey

Wut?
Possibly most unexpected twist ever.

He made my weekend, that's what he did. He is a horrible MP for our constituency, and now he will hopefully get replaced or ideally, voted out (though another Tory would win).

They could stand a turnip as a tory I'm BCP and they would get voted in. It pisses me off so much. Symes is the same slimy, lazy, nasty bastard as well.

Whatever he did must have been caught in 4k. Absolutely no way to deny or subterfuge it. There must be a recording.

That guy they name is my sisters school friend. This day has been...odd.

I wish people would stop sharing the unredacted version of this. Several possible victims of sexual crimes are identified by name and they shouldn't be.

In your rush to gossip about Tory MPs, don't forget about possible victims and their rights.

OMG Liz Truss and Amber Rudd?!

Could he have been the one who organised Holly and Phil’s queue jump?

Erm....I still don't know what he said to MelB?...anyone?

Probably came up with a way out of this financial mess

Liz wasn’t happy

This is just wild guess but could he have got those passes for the 2 protesters? Someone had to give them to them.

Probably something of a racist and sexist nature.

According to the Time headline, it seems to be for groping? It's behind a paywall though so I can't read the full thing:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-mp-conor-burns-suspended-after-complaint-over-his-behaviour-at-party-conference-kb5vwq39k

But a quick google tells me he's a gay man who's out and proud, so I'm assuming whatever he said to Mel B in a lift wasn't lecherous, which had been my initial assumption. God only knows what that's about...!

Totally irrelevant but knew him when he was a teenager.

He has not aged terribly well.

You can't think that it's impossible to know that someone is guilty until they've been through a trial?

Victims know that the person is guilty. Witnesses know that the person is guilty. Innocent until proven guilty is not relevant to them. It's relevant for court proceedings. And just because someone might be found innocent, it doesn't mean they actually are. It might just mean the evidence was not strong enough.

@SpidersAreShitheads But a quick google tells me he's a gay man who's out and proud, so I'm assuming whatever he said to Mel B in a lift wasn't lecherous, which had been my initial assumption. God only knows what that's about...!

Why would you assume that a gay man couldn't be, or say, lecherous things to a woman?

He does. Although he doesn't seem to be listed as an entry on the spreadsheet in his own right. Or is there a page 2?

If the current polls are anywhere near accurate, your wish might just be granted!

He sounds like a thoroughly unpleasant individual, even by Tory standards.

Why is everyone shagging Kwasi Kwarteng? Is he blackmailing them?

I’m disappointed Rory Stewart is on the list but I notice it’s “odd” things not sexual things. Like stand on a book about the Transit of Venus; face east until the cock crows twice then rotate twice. Or odd as in stapler up the bum?

It all sounds a bit like the Christmas parties at the call centre I used to work at to be honest. Grim.

The Daily Mail and the Mirror are running stories this morning. Their journalists at the conference and freelancers will probably have been talking to potential witnesses / gossipy Tory activists all night.

The allegations seemingly centre on lechery towards a younger male at the bar (at the conference). Apparently there is a witness report that is being taken extremely seriously at the top. Has to be doesn’t it, given the circumstances of Johnson’s departure?

Allegedly saying something ‘off’ to Mel B in a lift is a separate incident, but at the same conference. (Mel B was at the conference to talk about domestic violence.)

I think (and hope) this man has finally reached the end of his political nine lives.

Your description sounds like most office parties too.
Anyhow good to see Truss putting a lid on things and doing what needs to be done.

It was alleged he assaulted a younger man at the conference evening drinks at the Hilton, there were multiple witnesses. I hope his political career is over now. We need to see an end to this culture. The drinking needs to stop.

Didn't see the Mel B comment coming...