On September 23rd, the first 2 MPs were messaged by Charlie, or M-xl on Grindr.

From then on, the honey trapper has expanded, with MPs across multiple parties being asked for information surrounding political scandals.

Despite 6 months passing, there is still no developments as to who the honey trapper is, why they are targeting MPs, and what their motive is.

But with sexually explicit content being brought into the picture, the desire to solve this web of mysteries becomes more concerning.

September 23rd: The Liberal Democrats annual conference in Bournemouth. This was where the first known appearance of M-xl appeared.

Two male conference attendees both received messages on the gay dating app Grindr, which works off a proximity-based function, meaning you can message people in your close proximity.

The username M-xl stated they were a 28-year-old man interested in ‘chats, friends and hook-ups’.

After several messages had been exchanged, one stating that an ‘orgy’ had been carried out at the conference, one attendee discovered others had received the same messages.

All messages from M-xl related to wanting to fi nd out gossip about MPs and if anyone would want to sleep with them.

At first, the MPs were under a general impression that the honey trap was merely a journalist seeking information, which lead to messages being warnings being sent to others of the trap.

However, with more coming forward about the messages they had received and questions that were asked, more details were being unravelled.

It was discovered that the online entity was not at the conference, but that they had altered the settings on Grindr.

They were in fact in North London.

This same storyline was breaking out at multiple political events, such as the Labour conference in Liverpool, the evening of the by-elections and the day Rishi Sunak was meeting with the executive committee of conservative backbenchers.

In all instances, the same profile, name, and image of a blonde man in his 20s was used except a diversion on the night of the by-elections.

One Labour MP received a message from ‘Abi’, who stated that she knew him from a previous political campaign.

From February onwards, it was clear that politicians and political journalists were receiving unwanted messages.

However, more of the mystery unfolded when during a heated exchange of messages, Abi appeared to reveal that she was the same online presence as Charlie, tying all separate messaging branches into one big knot.

This has now escalated to William Wragg resigning from his post due to fear of this honey trapper, stating “I was scared”, after being asked to tell the online presence (M-xl) other colleagues phone numbers.

The mystery is still unfolding as to what the presence of Charlie (or Abi) wants with such information.

Some fear it is a hostile state, such as China or Russia, trying to seek material, but this theory has been discredited.

There has been no sense of blackmail surrounding sexually explicit images that have been shared, so what is it that they want? Is there a sexual motive?

This mystery is continuing to unravel, with more and more people coming forward saying they have been messaged by M-xl. The only question is, how long will this go on for and how far has it already spread?