UK MP Simon Danczuk blames drink problem for lewd texts to teenager

British politician Simon Danczuk claimed a “drink problem” led him to send sexually explicit messages to a teenage girl as he faced further lurid revelations about his private life.

The 49-year-old MP added he felt “awful” about lewd texts he sent to Sophena Houlihan when she was 17.

He has been suspended from the Labour Party while an investigation takes place into his conduct, for which he has apologised “unreservedly”.