Labour party faced allegations involving offensive messages from its MPs in a WhatsApp group, leading to the suspension of Andrew Gwynne. He made deeply distressing jokes, affecting cycling campaigners' families. A second MP, Oliver Ryan, is under scrutiny. Concerns were raised about messages containing racist, sexist, and classist content. Despite warnings to party officials about the group over a year ago, it remained unresolved until police recorded a non-crime hate incident following public outcry.
It's a death wish. I'm not quite sure where the boundary lies on what the police will see as a hate crime, but how much more hateful can you get than not just: I wish this person were dead, but: I'd like them to die a gruesome death.
I've never imagined that I would be sat here having to talk about this matter at all, and to think that my warnings have fallen on deaf ears is just disturbing.
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