Tory MP Bob Stewart to surrender whip while he appeals racial abuse conviction
Saturday, 4 November 2023 Tory MP Bob Stewart has surrendered the Conservative whip while he considers an appeal against his conviction for a racially-aggravated public order offence.
A Conservative MP has been found guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence after telling an activist to "go back to Bahrain". Bob Stewart, MP for Beckenham in south-east London, got into a row with activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei outside the Foreign Office's Lancaster House in Westminster on...
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