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Aidan Burley to stand down as MP after Nazi stag-do controversy

February 5, 2014 19:30
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ByMarcus Dysch, Marcus Dysch

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A Conservative MP who hired a Nazi fancy-dress outfit for a stag-do has announced he will not stand for re-election.

Aidan Burley said in a statement released on Wednesday that he had decided to leave Parliament at next year’s general election after “a difficult time”.

The results of an internal Tory probe published last month found that the Cannock Chase MP had been “offensive and stupid” but had not acted in a racist or antisemitic way when arranging an SS costume for a friend’s celebrations.

Questions had repeatedly been raised about Mr Burley’s exact involvement in the 2011 stag party, and the Mail on Sunday accused him of providing misleading information to the Conservative inquiry.