Trans MP says senior Tories sought ‘cheap political points’ and tells Liz Truss to resign for bringing them into government

Jamie Wallis, a Conservative MP who came out as transgender earlier this year, has accused fellow Tory MPs of exploiting and weaponising trans issues “in order to score cheap political points” during the recent leadership contest.

The MP for Bridgend in Wales, who has written a letter to Liz Truss calling on her to resign as prime minister, described the tactics during the battle to succeed Boris Johnson as “extremely unpleasant”.

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