EXCL w/Phil Kemp

Met police were first aware of 'honeytrap' messages late last year.

Parliamentary security were also informed. But MPs weren't warned.

Some were then targeted this year👇

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The Westminster honeytrapper appears to have started targeting people 7+ months earlier than even this

I spoke to a former government special adviser who was first targeted in January 2023, from the same number later used to approach others

Story here: theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

THREAD: How Westminster's 'honey trapper' targeted party conference season

Labour conference attendees tell how they received WhatsApps from “Charlie.” At Lib Dem conference, it started on the gay dating app Grindr.

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Westminster “honey trap” scandal: Tory MP William Wragg has resigned from his top roles after leaking phone numbers.

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As per Kitty Donaldson

William Wragg has thrown in the towel after massive pressure as 1922 deputy shop steward and other Commons job.

Would urge some twitter caution there please before putting the boot in.

Spooks still not treating weird Westminster honeypot story as…

Glad that we were able to spread the word. These malevolent actors get their power from shame, if someone’s acting suspiciously let someone know.

Whoever this person is ended up messaging loads of gays at conference not realising that we were all right next to eachother ☕️

NEW: Understand that William Wragg has stepped down as chair of PACAC Committee and as vice chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 committee

NEW story from Aggie Chambre and I on how the Westminster catfishing messages were targeted at attendees of the Lib Dem and Labour conferences.

We have evidence that a Grindr account, which was fishing for gossip, was linked to the WhatsApp messages

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NEW: How Westminster WhatsApp ‘honeytrapper’ targeted party conference season:

“It was almost like they were actually there...It was like they were able to work out who was at [the] conference and who wasn’t.'

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