Senior Tory to Meet Police Over Alleged Blackmailing of Dissenting MPs by No 10

William Wragg, chairman of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, speaks during a committee meeting in the House of Commons, London, on Jan. 20, 2022. Parliament TV/PA

A senior UK Conservative MP who accused ministers of intimidating dissenting MPs to secure support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s due to speak to the police.

William Wragg, vice-chairman of the 1922 committee—a committee of all backbench Conservative MPs—said on Friday that he will be meeting a detective from the Metropolitan Police in the House of Commons “early next week.”