Tulip Siddiq Refuses to Say She Will ‘Clear Her Name’ in Bangladesh – Guido Fawkes

WATCH: Tulip Siddiq Refuses to Say She Will ‘Clear Her Name’ in Bangladesh

Tulip Siddiq spoke at some length to Sky News’ Rob Powell on her doorstep this morning. Her lawyers are once again calling for what they call the “smear campaign” against her in Bangladesh to be dropped…

Sky was provided with a new letter from Tulip’s lawyers to Bangladeshi authorities asking them to drop their investigations. Siddiq told Powell that Bangladesh’s “baseless campaign” involves the Anti-Corruption Commission sending letters to “random” addresses in Bangladesh which they claim are associated with her and not to London. Bangladeshi authorities say they sent letters to Tulip’s alleged address in Dhaka…

Siddiq’s line is to point out she is an MP in London:

“Let go of this political vendetta and let me do my job which is being the MP for Hampstead and Highgate.”

She said the months-long investigation (and issue of charges) into her, which is part of a wider investigation into Sheikh Hasina and her family, is an “absolute waste of time and money… I will not be allowing them to drag me into their world of dirty politics.“ Siddiq denies all allegations against her…

When Siddiq was asked if she “would ever consider going to Bangladesh to try to clear your name and clear things up” the MP declined to answer. She instead claimed she wanted to show interim leader Muhammad Yunus what she showed Starmer’s ethics adviser Laurie Magnus along with “all her bank statements” when Yunus was in London recently. Unfortunately the Bangladesh ACC’s charges do not relate to the information collected and judged by Magnus in his “fact-finding mission” earlier this year…

Siddiq also declined to say she has any regret about “previous links or statements about the Awami League at all.” To that Tulip said: “I’m very proud to be the MP for Hampstead & Highgate.” Co-conspirators can make up their own minds…