Parliamentary elections – News: Labour party member suspended after arrest in connection with Westminster honeytrap scandal

A woman climbed onto the roof of the Conservative campaign bus as it stopped in Nottinghamshire for its first visit of the day.

The Greenpeace activist held up a flag bearing the green logo that read “Clean electricity, not rice power.”

Amy Rugg-Easey made it to the roof of the bus with the help of a ladder.

Ms Rugg-Easey claimed she staged the action because “we deserve better”.

Speaking to reporters on the campaign bus, she added: “On climate and nature, the Conservatives are the worst of all the parties and it is so obvious.

“I mean, what have they done? We deserve better. We deserve better when it comes to climate and nature.”

A Greenpeace spokesman said the protest by boarding the Conservatives’ campaign bus was “legitimate and important”.

Back in April, British police confirmed that they were investigating reports from several victims that MPs and staff in Westminster had received unsolicited messages.

A long list of men admitted to receiving flirtatious WhatsApp texts from people nicknamed “Charlie” or “Abi.”

In many cases they were sent explicit images and texts.

Then-Conservative MP William Wrag resigned from the party after admitting giving the phone numbers of his fellow MPs to a man he met on a dating app.

Among the targeted victims was Tory Luke Evans, who claimed he was the victim of “cyber-flashing and malicious communications.”

An estimated 20 people from the political sphere received unsolicited text messages.

Wes Streeting has admitted that he bet on Sajid Javid to become Health Secretary in 2021.

The Health Minister stressed that he had not bet on this general election and had no inside knowledge that the Tory MP could become a Cabinet minister.

He told ITV: “I have not bet on this election. I once successfully bet that Sajid Javid would be the next Health Secretary. Yes, that’s all.”

Mr Streeting added: “I made an educated guess that Boris Johnson hated Cabinet reshuffles. Sajid Javid was at the back and that’s why I was successful on that occasion.”

Josh Greally, 28, was arrested in Barnsley town centre two weeks ago after throwing what appeared to be a coffee cup and another object at Mr Farage.

The politician was campaigning on the top deck of a combat bus in the city. None of the objects hit him.

Last night, the constituency office of a DUP candidate was shot at four times.

East Antrim candidate Sammy Wilson said the attack had damaged the windows and doors of the building in Carrickfergus.

Mr Wilson said: “In all my years as a representative I have never allowed myself to be deterred from expressing my views and I will not allow myself to be deterred now.”

The Northern Ireland Police District Commander said the incident was currently under investigation.

Labour has suspended a party member after he was arrested in connection with the Westminster honeytrap scandal in the London borough of Islington.

The Metropolitan Police announced this morning that a man in his twenties had been arrested.

In the wake of the scandal, around 20 politicians in Westminster fell victim to flirtatious messages from senders nicknamed “Charlie” or “Abi” in April.

Former Conservative minister Sir Conor Burns, who served under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, has called for a “long overdue” apology from the former prime minister.

The former junior minister was responding to claims that Ms Truss’s Popular Conservatism movement would hold a rally in Westminster after election day.

He said: “Shall we start with a resounding (long overdue) apology from Truss for the enormous damage she has done and continues to do to the Conservative cause, and a promise of continued silence?”

In the final days before the parliamentary elections, the parties’ election campaigns are overshadowed by the escalating betting scandal. Here is a summary of the day so far:

• Sir Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of “inaction” regarding the competition but refused to change the rules.

• Rishi Sunak has intervened in the dispute between Kemi Badenoch and the Doctor Who actor David Tennantand claimed the star was “the problem.”

• Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey has admitted that he made two bets related to his party in previous parliamentary elections, but stressed that he never bet on himself.

• Minister for Work and Pensions Mel Stride has predicted that the country is heading for a “massive majority” for the Labour Party, while there is “very little opposition” in Parliament.

• The BBC reports up to 15 conservative candidates Officials are being investigated by the Gambling Commission for alleged gambling on the day of the parliamentary election.

• Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton claimed that he had placed bets on the outcome of the parliamentary elections.

• Shadow Minister for Climate Change Ed Miliband has said Britain needs to introduce a housing standard to help those struggling with the cost of living.

• Alba table leader Alex Salmond has published the party manifesto and claims that Scotland is at a “decisive moment in its history”.