An investigation will be conducted into allegations of groping made against the Prime Minister’s father if it is deemed the appropriate course of action, a minister has stated.

A senior MP and a journalist have both accused him of inappropriate touching at Tory Party conferences.

The chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes, said the Prime Minister’s father forcefully smacked her on the backside and commented that she had “a lovely seat” in 2003, shortly before he ran as a Conservative MP.

The incident occurred at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool ahead of Mr.

Johnson running for the Teignbridge seat in Devon in 2005.

This prompted Ailbhe Rea, a journalist for the New Statesman magazine, to accuse Mr.

Johnson of having groped her at the 2019 Tory conference.

Ms.

Nokes shared during a panel discussion with Sky News that she has experienced male MPs sticking their hands on her backside in Strangers’ Bar (in Parliament).

She recalled a prominent man smacking her on the backside as hard as he could and saying, “Oh, Romsey, you’ve got a lovely seat.

” Responding to the allegation on Twitter, Ms.

Rea said, “Stanley Johnson also groped me at a party at the Conservative conference in 2019.

I am grateful to Caroline Nokes for calling out something that none of us should have to put up with, not least from the Prime Minister’s father.

”When asked about the allegations, Home Office minister Damian Hinds told Times Radio, “I don’t know obviously about the.

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I’ve heard this morning, as you have, or overnight, about this, about these allegations.

I can say that, overall, in terms of the safety of women and girls, and being free from harassment wherever they are—at home, at work, in the street, and online—this is an absolute top priority for the Government.

But I’m not joining a link between that and this because we don’t know, but if there is an investigation to be had, then, of course, that will happen.

” He added, “If there is an investigation to be had, if that is the appropriate course of action, then of course that will happen.

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Johnson lost the campaign to become an MP in 2005.

He served as a Conservative member of the European Parliament between 1979 and 1984.

In recent years, he has become known for his environmental campaigning and for appearing as a contestant on I’m a Celebrity.

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Get Me Out of Here! in 2017, finishing in seventh place.

He told Sky News, “I have no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all—but there you go.

And no reply.

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