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BELFAST-BORN LEADING TORY CONOR BURNS THANKS SUPPORTERS AFTER 'MONTHS OF LIVING
HELL' BROUGHT ON BY A CLAIM THAT HE TOUCHED A MAN'S LEG

Belfast-born Tory MP Conor Burns has offered an emotional ‘thank you’ to those
who have supported him, after he was fully reinstated into the party ranks at
the weekend.

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Updated 4th Dec 2022, 4:57pm

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The MP for Bournemouth West had been kept in political limbo for the last two
months while an internal Conservative probe was under way into his conduct.



In the meantime he was stripped of the Tory whip and lost his post as junior
trade minister (having just started the role, after a year as junior Northern
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The cause? Mr Burns, who is gay, was allegedly spotted touching a man’s leg late
at night in a pub. An onlooker had complained.

In a statement, the Tory Party said it had looked into this “incident” and
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Mr Burns said on Sunday: “I’m really touched by the kindness and support of so
many… in trying times you find who your friends are. And are not.”

It followed a statement released by Mr Burns on Saturday, saying: “The last
couple of months have been a living hell for me, my family, friends and all who
care for me. Their loyalty and love carried me.




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“Before I was sacked as a Minister I said I would clear my name – with the
conclusion of the Central Office process, I now have done so.

"No one should ever have their career terminated on the basis of accusation
alone. As Margaret Thatcher once said: ‘If you ever get trial by television or
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"I never imagined another leader of my party could so casually and easily cast
aside the ancient principle of innocent until proven guilty.”



Writing in The Spectator, conservative author Douglas Murray had said: “Most
adults are more than capable of playing this game – brushing off a hand where it
is not wanted and allowing it to linger where it is... It’s what we used to call
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He had added: “Let me throw myself onto everybody’s mercy by issuing a luridly
frank confession. I have committed this crime myself, on multiple occasions.
What is more, I have had the crime done unto me...

"Only last week, a woman put a hand on my thigh in Norfolk. Yes, Norfolk, ladies
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"Not a corner of the land is safe from this new depravity.”

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