Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, is said to have made sexist comments about Angela Rayner, racist remarks about Labour MP Diane Abbott, and ‘joked’ that he hoped a 72-year-old woman “croaked it” after she complained about her bins.
According to the Mail, he also made antisemitic slights and joked about a constituent being “mown down” by a truck when the resident asked for more cycle lanes.. Mr Gwynne’s message to the group reportedly said: “I had positive visions of him getting mown down by an Elsa Waste HGV while he's cycling to the Fallowfield Loop [cycle lane].
Second MP investigated Labour is investigating after Burnley MP Oliver Ryan was found to have made “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments in a WhatsApp group.
Oliver Ryan, who became an MP last July, reportedly made the comments alongside other members in the group Trigger Me Timbers – which Mr Gwynne set up.
Mr Ryan tweeted: “Between 2019 and early 2022, I was a member of a WhatsApp group created by my MP and former employer, Andrew Gwynne.
