At 3 a.m. one day last December, a 78-year-old volunteer for the British Conservative Party was reportedly woken by a call from Mark Menzies, the Conservative lawmaker she worked for.
The volunteer, a former campaign manager for Mr. Menzies, paid the sum out of her own savings.
Mr. Menzies, who was suspended from the party last month, denies that allegation and others, which include using £14,000 from party funds for personal medical bills.
Yet the affair epitomizes a Conservative Party in crisis.
Lord Salisbury, Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative Party for more or less 15 years.
Persons:
Mark Menzies, ”, Menzies, Rishi Sunak, Mr, Sunak, Lord Salisbury, Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, —
Organizations:
British Conservative Party, Conservative, Conservative Party, Tories, Conservatives, Labour Party, Tory
Locations:
England, Wales