"There's a familiar pattern in Westminster these days," said Katy Balls in The Guardian. "An MP writes in haste a message to colleagues on WhatsApp. The contents leak to the press. Then there's embarrassment, a public ticking off or – if really bad – the sack."

He has also been suspended from the Labour Party while an investigation is carried out. Meanwhile, it has been reported that three other members of the WhatsApp group, called Trig

Labour has suspended 11 councillors in Greater Manchester as part of an investigation into a WhatsApp group where offensive messages were shared. The group, revealed by the Mail on Sunday over the weekend, has already led to the suspension of two Labour MPs in the region.

Eleven Labour councillors have been suspended as part of the party's probe into vile WhatsApp comments posted - MPs Oliver Ryan and Andrew Gwynne have also been suspended

Social media group has already been responsible for MPs Andrew Gwynne and Oliver Ryan being suspended by party