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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

What we know about 'offensive' Labour WhatsApp group that has seen two MPs suspended

WhatsApp Andrew Gwynne Oliver Ryan Trigger Me Timbers Angela Rayner Labour Party
Oliver Ryan (l) and Andrew Gwynne (r) have both been suspended by the Labour Party over messages sent in a Whatsapp group - (ES composite)

Two Labour MPs have now been suspended from the party after “offensive” messages from a WhatsApp group they were members of were leaked.

Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a health minister on Saturday after the Mail on Sunday reported a string of abusive posts, which included one where he "joked" about a pensioner constituent dying and another about a cyclist being killed.

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