Plebgate rift opens between Tory party and Met police

Friends of former chief whip Andrew Mitchell cast doubts on police version of Downing Street confrontation Relations between the Conservative party and the Metropolitan police were threatening to erupt into open warfare after friends of Andrew Mitchell claimed there was now evidence suggesting that elements within the force may have colluded to corroborate the details of the Plebgate incident which triggered the former chief whip's resignation. David Cameron accused an off-duty police officer of...