Oh dear. Boris Johnson’s decision to withdraw the whip from the Tory Brexit rebels continues to send ripples through Westminster. While Chief Whip Mark Spencer has laid out the appeals process to the rebels, many of their colleagues remain unhappy about the decision to remove them from the party.
Now things have taken a turn for the worse in the Tory Women in Parliament WhatsApp group. Originally, the group was used to share events and ideas amongst Tory women in the vote100 year, it was set up at the height of the Westminster bullying scandal and has since been used on occasion for Conservative women’s policy updates.
However, on Thursday evening, young female CCHQ staffers ended up being removed as admins and leaving the group over a backlash from female MPs after figures from CCHQ updated the group to reflect current staffers and MPs. As part of the update, female MPs who lost the Conservative whip over voting against the government anti-no deal legislation were removed from the group.
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