The accusations of inappropriate touching against Stanley Johnson

MP Caroline Nokes and a senior journalist say prime minister's father ‘smacked’ and ‘groped’ them

Stanley Johnson
(Image credit: Tolga Akmen / AFP)

The prime minister’s father has been accused of inappropriately touching a former minister and a political journalist.

Caroline Nokes, chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, claimed Stanley Johnson smacked her on the bottom at the 2003 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. At the time Nokes was the prospective parliamentary candidate for Romsey, a seat she went on to win in 2010.

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