Tory MP who found himself naked in brothel at 4am feared he was victim of foreign honeytrap 

The Tory MP who called a Conservative Party manager and begged to be taken from a brothel feared he was the victim of a foreign sting operation, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

As revealed by this newspaper last month, the MP called a senior Conservative at 4 a.m. and begged: “I am in a brothel. I don’t know how I got here and I can’t find my clothes.’

The MP’s bizarre predicament – which has created jitters in the party as he represents a seat high on Labor’s list of targets for the next election – was only resolved when the senior party figure sent someone to bail the MP out of the brothel. in one of London’s rougher neighborhoods.

He would believe his drinks had been spiked because he couldn’t remember how he got there, and he even feared he had been the target of a honey trap by Russian or Chinese agents.

The incident has sparked feverish speculation in the House of Commons about the identity of the MP, whose name the newspaper has agreed not to disclose.

Senior party figures were skeptical of the honey trap theory, with one saying “I can’t think of anything useful he could tell the Russians or the Chinese” (file image)

But last night, leading party figures expressed skepticism about the honey trap theory, with one saying, “I can’t think of anything useful that he could tell the Russians or the Chinese.”

It comes after security services issued private warnings that the rise in international tensions with countries such as China and Russia could lead to attempts to attack MPs susceptible to compromise.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle also recently urged MPs to be wary of approaches by what are privately referred to as ‘foreign actors’.

Last year – shortly before the brothel incident – ​​Ken McCallum, the head of MI5, warned that Russia and China were desperate to gain a foothold in the House of Commons by targeting MPs and their advisers.

He said: “It has always been the case that people close to the seat of power will fall victim to attempts at influence. The assertiveness of part of that influence could well increase.’

The agency also revealed that an alleged Chinese agent had infiltrated parliament to interfere in British politics.

MI5 said Christine Ching Kui Lee for the Chinese Communist Party has “established links” with current and aspiring MPs, giving politicians donations funded by foreigners in China and Hong Kong.

One of Russia’s most notorious entrapment experts, Anna Chapman, is in the news again this weekend for her ties to Microsoft mogul Bill Gates.

The Daily Mail revealed that convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had threatened to expose Mr Gates over an alleged affair he had with Mila Antonova, a Russian bridge player nearly 30 years his junior.

Ms. Antonova was an acquaintance of Ms. Chapman, a member of a Russian spy ring who was exposed as a sleeper agent and deported from the US in 2010.

Whatever the exact circumstances of the MP’s predicament, it will heighten concerns about the culture in Westminster, where politicians are separated from their families for long periods of the week and work long hours.

Tory MP Charles Walker has described Parliament as “a screwdriver prying the lid off a paint can”, adding: “If your marriage is weak, it may have failed in ten years – but Parliament will see to it that in five year falls apart.’

A source said: “The MP seems genuinely baffled as to how he ended up in that place.

“He’s convinced his drinks have been spiked, but no one knows for sure. We just had to get him out of there.

“The fact that he’s occupying a very marginal chair has made it less laughable.”