A BBC Sting set up - got him.
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer dramatically quits party over 'major lobbying scandal'
Newark MP says he wants to 'save my party embarrassment'
Allegedly caught out by reporters posing as lobbyists who asked him to carry out work on behalf of Fiji
He has asked two parliamentary questions and tabled a Commons motion on the island in the South Pacific
David Cameron 'aware' of allegations and backed resignation
Newark MP Patrick Mercer today quit the Tory party, after 12 years on the Conservative benches in the Commons
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