Labour MP 'steals idea to send ventilators to Ukraine so they can go to communist Cuba instead'

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A Labour MP has been accused of stealing a man's idea to donate ventilators to Ukraine to instead send them to communist Cuba.Steve Eccleshall, a retired policeman and volunteer with Driving Ukraine, said he wrote to Labour's Steve Witherden to ask for his help.He said he asked Mr Witherden if he would help him secure the release of 40 unused ventilators from Wrexham Maelor Hospital.A letter from the MP - part of the Socialist Campaign Group - three days later showed him making a similar request to the hospital, but asking for them to be donated to Cuba.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Eccleshall has now accused the MP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr of plagiarism.The Ukraine volunteer filed a complaint to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner in which he said he met both Mr Witherden and then-MS Russell George on February 6.He said he presented his idea to the two men and explained the reason for the request.The ventilators had been provided to help the hospital during the...

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