Whopper of the Day

 

Sitting Labour MP Tulip Siddiq recently told the BBC that no one had contacted her about her corruption conviction in Bangladesh.  She simply read about it in the newspapers and they should have written to her at the Palace of Westminster.

In fact the Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Anti-Corruption Commission have been perusing the case since December 2024.  She resigned as a Minister in January 2025.  In April the ACC issued it's arrest warrant.  She was tried in-absentia alongside 26 others, on 11 August and found guilty this week.  Her Lawyers say the charges are "politically motivated" and that the ACC had not brought forward any evidence to support its arrest.

Yet she only just found out about it.

The Labour Party refuses to remove the whip.