Bob Stewart has surrendered the Conservative whip after being found guilty of racial abuse.
The Beckenham MP informed Chief Whip Simon Hart that he wished to surrender the party whip until a possible appeal of his conviction is resolved, a government source said.He was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday of racially abusing an activist by telling him to "go back to Bahrain". Labour and the Lib Dems have led calls for Rishi Sunak to act against the "totally unacceptable" behaviour of the 74-year-old Conservative backbencher.
Stewart had been attending an event hosted by the Bahraini embassy when Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei shouted "Bob Stewart, for how much did you sell yourself to the Bahraini regime?". During a heated exchange, Stewart replied: "Go away, I hate you. You make a lot of fuss. Go back to Bahrain.
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