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Osem	28-11-2015 14:09

Grant Shapps resigns.

Quote:

Grant Shapps has quit as international development minister amid allegations of bullying in the Conservative Party, the BBC understands.

Claims have engulfed the Tories following the apparent suicide in September of activist Elliot Johnson.

Mr Johnson's father had called on Mr Shapps, a former party chairman, to resign over claims he ignored repeated warnings about the actions of party youth organiser Mark Clarke.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34952981

Maggy

28-11-2015 15:27

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...ed-mark-clarke

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...MCNEWEML6619I2

This may put some background to this development.

Tezcatlipoca

28-11-2015 16:19

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

Grant Schapps replaced as International Development Minister by Michael Green

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heero_yuy

28-11-2015 17:50

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

Workplace bullying is unacceptable under any circumstances. I'm not sure that resignation is sufficient.

Ramrod

28-11-2015 19:38

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

Is Madam Mao going to resign soon then? :D

Arthurgray50@blu

28-11-2015 22:17

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

I believe that bullies are ****, they ruin peoples lives. And if it happens in any political party, then action must be taken.

I am surprised that Cameron didn't sack him to show him is a true leader. Maybe he didn't have the guts as all Tories stick together.

Its like my grandson is being bullied at school. And what is the school doing, or the education dept. doing. They moved him to another school where it started again.

And schools claim it doesn't happen. Put it this way, l was bullied at school when l was 15, l am now a great 63 years old. And we hear it going on even now in schools today

So how the hell is it going to stop

TheDaddy

28-11-2015 23:56

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35810500)

Workplace bullying is unacceptable under any circumstances. I'm not sure that resignation is sufficient.

Its not, they are just lucky the press is pre occupied with Corbyn to run with it

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Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35810520)

Is Madam Mao going to resign soon then? :D

Don't tell me they've sat by whilst someone has been bullied to death to

adzii_nufc

29-11-2015 00:14

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Maybe he didn't have the guts as all Tories stick together.

It's just impossible for you to get through the post without throwing an anti-tory jibe in there somewhere.

The rest of your post is spot on.

ianch99

29-11-2015 10:18

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35810544)

Its not, they are just lucky the press is pre occupied with Corbyn to run with it

May the timing is deliberate, a good week to bury bad news ..

Russ	29-11-2015 13:25

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

He's been involved in attempted cover ups before, his murky involvement shouldn't come as a surprise. Good riddance.

denphone

29-11-2015 13:44

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Not getting political here but l have always seen him as a slippery unethical slime ball.

Osem	29-11-2015 13:58

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

Has the extent to which he knew about or was/wasn't directly involved in anything nasty actually been determined yet? If not, some of the criticism may be a tad premature. :shrug:

Maggy

29-11-2015 15:03

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

To be honest I think he was picked to be the one to fall on his sword..I suspect that it goes a lot further up the hierarchy that didn't deal with matters before they got to this point..

TheDaddy

29-11-2015 16:41

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35810618)

To be honest I think he was picked to be the one to fall on his sword..I suspect that it goes a lot further up the hierarchy that didn't deal with matters before they got to this point..

Hence his buck stops with him line

richard s

29-11-2015 20:09

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc (Post 35810547)

It's just impossible for you to get through the post without throwing an anti-tory jibe in there somewhere.

The rest of your post is spot on.

Nothing wrong with a bit of anti-tory jibe, we are not all Con voters.

Maggy

09-12-2015 09:13

Re: Grant Shapps resigns.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35047074

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A 20-page dossier detailing a culture of bullying within the Conservative Party's youth wing was handed to party chairman Lord Feldman in 2010, according to a former activist.
The activist, who says he was himself a victim of bullying, told BBC Newsnight that the dossier was given by Ben Howlett, now an MP, to Lord Feldman.
Lord Feldman insists he was not aware of any complaints before August 2015.
Two activists involved in producing the document say it named Mark Clarke.
Mr Clarke is the volunteer organiser at the heart of the bullying scandal which has bedevilled the party since September.
He has been accused of bullying, sexually harassing and planning to blackmail other activists - allegations he has robustly denied.

Still rumbling on..

denphone

09-12-2015 10:15

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Yes sadly there is some nastiness in all political parties.

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