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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Tory activist ‘appalled’ by party’s response to Mark Menzies claims

Mark Menzies
Mark Menzies resigned the Tory whip on Thursday after a conversation with the party’s chief whip. Photograph: Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament/PA

The Conservative activist who has accused a Tory MP of making a late-night demand for money has said she is appalled by the party’s response.

Katie Fieldhouse has said Mark Menzies called her one night in December at 3.15am asking for £5,000 to pay “bad people” who had detained him in a flat and were not letting him leave.

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