2nd Labour MP suspended from party over WhatsApp messages

Oliver Ryan suspended as Labour MP over WhatsApp messages
Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has become the second MP to be suspended from the Labour parliamentary party over his membership of a WhatsApp group which contained offensive messages. Ryan was summoned to a meeting with Chief Whip Sir Alan Campbell, after the Mail on Sunday published the messages.
11 Labour councillors suspended over WhatsApp group
Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended from the party over their membership of a WhatsApp group that has already seen two MPs lose the whip. Former health minister Andrew Gwynne was sacked over the weekend for offensive messages sent in the group, named “ Trigger Me Timbers”.
Second Labour MP suspended from party over WhatsApp messages
Labour MP has been suspended from the parliamentary party over offensive comments shared on a WhatsApp group, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attempts to draw a line under the affair. Oliver Ryan,
Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp comments
A second Labour MP has apologised for comments made in a WhatsApp chat, after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over messages he sent to the same group. Burnley MP Oliver Ryan said in a statement that comments he made in the group "were completely unacceptable" and he regretted "not speaking out at the time".
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