British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party comes under fire once again after one of his party members admitted to watching porn in Parliament.
Parliament member, Neil Parish announced today that he will be resigning in light of these actions which he said occurred “in a moment of madness.”
Parish told the BBC that the first time he watched porn in Parliament was an accident. “Funnily enough, it was tractors I was looking at,” he said in an interview. “I did get into another website that had a very similar name and I watched it for a bit which I shouldn’t have done. But my crime — biggest crime — is that on another occasion I went in a second time.”
He was looking for tractors but ended up with porn actors? 🚜
Neil Parish must think you were all born yesterday.
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives are a national embarrassment.pic.twitter.com/wm3ijan21s
— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) April 30, 2022
The Conservative Party suspended Parish on Friday after allegations were made by two of his female colleagues. According to the two women, they saw Parish viewing phonography on his phone while they sat near by.
That same day, Parish issued a written statement that said that he would cooperate fully with the investigation: “Following recent allegations regarding an MP’s use of their mobile phone in Parliament, I have referred myself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in the House of Commons.”
This most recent scandal brings the total number of Parliament Members on suspension to four. The other three were also suspended for sexual misconduct. In fact, the Conservative Party was accused last week of “having a serious misogyny problem.
An anonymous backbencher of Parliament commented to a newspaper that deputy leader of the opposition from the Labor Party, Angela Rayner, was distracting others in the House of Commons by uncrossing, then re-crossing her legs like Sharon Stone being questioned in Basic Instinct.
Parish’s local Conservative association in western England have conveyed their support over Parish’s resignation. They said in a statement, “We would like to take this opportunity to thank Neil Parish for his service to our communities over the past twelve years. We support his decision to step down as our Member of Parliament.”
