The Secret Sex Dossier Terrifying British Politicians

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LONDON—Two women came forward Tuesday night to say they have been the victims of sex attacks by men working in British politics.

Both said they had reported the assaults to officials within their parties but nothing had been done. They are now determined to expose the culture of coverups within Westminster, just as a dossier is circulating of alleged sexual improprieties by British MPs.

Bex Bailey, 25, a former member of Labour’s National Executive Committee, said she was raped by someone within the party at an official event. When she took her horror story to a senior Labour Party official, she was told to hush up her ordeal. “It was suggested to me that I not report it.I was told that if I did it might damage me,” she told the BBC.

A second woman, who works for a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, said she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room by an MP during an official delegation abroad. The woman, who has chosen not to be named, said she was pulled onto a hotel bed and held down before she managed to escape from the attacker.

“Initially I was just really shocked and I didn’t expect it, but I was quite quickly scared because I knew I was in a vulnerable situation,” she told The Guardian.

When she returned to London, the staffer enlisted the help of a senior colleague and together they went to the authorities. The police said there was