Tory bully’s sex cover-up

EXCLUSIVE: Emails are proof party chiefs hid aide complaints 

Backing . . . Mr Clarke with Mr Cameron

SENIOR Conservative Party figures ‘covered up’ complaints about disgraced aide Mark Clarke before May’s election, a leaked email shows.



With sex and bullying allegations swirling, Tory HQ claimed on Thursday they could find NO evidence of accusations made before August.

But fears of a cover-up soared after ex-chairman Grant Shapps’ chief of staff Paul Abbott admitted “dealing” with a series of claims before May’s Election. And in a statement he said he first complained last year.