Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended from the Labour Party for his role in the WhatsApp group scandal. A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party amid a row over alleged sexist, homophobic and racist messages in a constituency WhatsApp group. Labour has announced that Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended from the party after a meeting with the chief whip Sir Alan Campbell this afternoon.
The scandal had already cost Andrew Gwynne his job as a junior health minister and now Mr Ryan, who used to be his assistant, has also been suspended by the party. It comes amid claims that the WhatsApp group - Trigger Me Timbers - had been flagged a year ago to the party by a local councillor. A Labour Party spokesperson said: "As part of our WhatsApp group investigation, Oliver Ryan has been administratively suspended as a member of the Labour Party.
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