William Wragg
"Will Wragg had to sack himself."
He gave colleagues' phone numbers to a stranger he met on a dating app.
Politician caught out in sexting scam resigns as vice-chairman of Tory 1922 Committee, and as head of a select committee of MPs.
Backbencher William Wragg said he had been "weak" but is set to keep the party whip.
Conservative said he was "weak" for handing over personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on Grindr, fearing he would be blackmailed.
William Wragg suggested they were taking a "Gerald Ratner" approach to immigration policy.
“When you work in a dysfunctional environment...it inevitably has an effect."
William Wragg is vice-chair of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers.
One Conservative MP said: “It is clear from Lord McDonald’s letter today that Number 10 have not been honest in what they have said."
William Wragg said: "It is utterly depressing to be asked to defend the indefensible. Each time, part of us withers."