MP groped breasts of two women, trial hears

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• Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was curious as to why theh didn’t mention his party, turns out he doesn’t have one, but is an ex-Conservative

  Elected as a Conservative, he had the whip withdrawn in May 2025, and now sits as an independent.

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    your conservatives push people out of the party rather than elevating their position within it??? wow so different arcross the pond.

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    • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, it depends on the transgression.

      If it’s transphobia and sucking up to billionaires or the Israeli state, you get promoted.

      If it’s something that is actually viewed as a crime then it’s more like this… sometimes.

      The message is “you weren’t good enough at hiding your crimes, you’re making us look bad”. Many of them often know about those transgressions, but they’ll only distance themselves if they come out to the public.

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• SalamiDommie@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Whenever I see that a public figure is accused of something like this as they became a public figure I tend to assume it is drummed up noise. Who hasn’t accidentally touched people while in clubs. Now - if there is video or photos like we saw of Urban Meyer in American. Then you are caught red handed. If this guy was casually trying to brush up against women, he would have other outlets and other accusers.

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  • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Now - if there is video or photos like we saw of Urban Meyer in American. Then you are caught red handed.

    Seems like there is.

    Jurors were shown a slowed-down version of CCTV footage of Spencer unsteady on his feet that night and of the moments he approached the women.

    Given that he “approached” them from behind and grabbed their boobs. Then he was kicked out of the club. So yeah, it’s not drummed up noise.

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  • paks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Your take doesn’t really fit with the timeline described in the article. If the police hadn’t screwed up, it would have come out before he became MP (and presumably he wouldn’t have).

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