Elliott Johnson’s family condemn Tory chairman’s bullying inquiry ‘arrogance’
![Elliott Johnson killed himself at the age of 21 in September 2015 [Image: Family handout/PA].](https://voxpoliticalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160531-Elliott-Johnson.jpg)
Elliott Johnson killed himself at the age of 21 in September 2015 [Image: Family handout/PA].
The family of Elliott Johnson, the Tory activist who killed himself after alleged bullying in the party, have condemned the chairman of the Conservative party as “arrogant” following the release of an internal inquiry into the scandal.
In the letter seen by the Guardian, Ray Johnson, Elliott’s father, said he did not accept the Conservatives’ conclusion that the party had acted properly when dealing with complaints made by their son before he died.
Johnson said his family was taken aback by Patrick McLoughlin’s “sheer arrogance” when he wrote to them with a copy of the summary of a report by law firm Clifford Chance into allegations of bullying within the Conservative party.
In his letter to the Johnsons sent on 17 August, McLoughlin said it was clear the Tories “acted entirely properly” when Johnson complained about the behaviour of Mark Clarke, the Tory election aide at the heart of the bullying claims. Clarke has denied all wrongdoing.
Johnson said: “Upon reading your letter, we were taken aback by the sheer arrogance of your summing up of Elliott’s letter of complaint in a mere one and a half lines, stating simply that ‘the report and summary are both clear that the Conservative party acted entirely properly in relation to the complaint received from Elliott in August 2015’.”
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They don’t even respect their own kind or show even the slightest integrity when it comes to keeping the partys nose clean at all times. No wonder the rank ‘n file of this country do not stand a chance against such sheer arrogance and pig headed attitudes..
Why on earth did they support the Tory Party? Everyone knows they aren’t called the Nasty party for nothing.
Standard response from Tories when one of theirs is criticized in public. No mention of how they arrived at their decision of course. Arrogance beyond belief when someone has actually died!!