What we know about 'offensive' Labour WhatsApp group that has seen two MPs suspended Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.
Burnley MP Oliver Ryan was suspended by Labour on Monday after meeting with the party’s Chief Whip to explain his involvement and three Tameside councillors have also stepped down from their cabinet jobs while an investigation is underway.
The WhatsApp group, reportedly called Trigger Me Timbers, is said to have contained around 20 people and was mainly made up of councillors and Labour activists.
Tameside councillors Claire Reid, Jack Naylor and George Newton, who were also said to have been part of the group, stepped down from their cabinet roles this week after an investigation was launched.
One message said he hope a 72-year-old woman “croaked it” before the next election after she complained about her bins and said she did not vote Labour.
