By Samantha Jones-
The Mp caught watching porn in parliament has been named and shamed
Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has reported himself to the parliamentary authorities over allegations that he watched pornography in the House of Commons chamber.
Rumours about the identity of the MP had circulated widely in Westminster since it emerged earlier this week that a female Conservative minister had reported seeing a colleague watching pornography on his phone in the Commons – an account corroborated by another MP.
A spokesperson for the chief whip, Chris Heaton-Harris, said Parish was reporting himself to the Standards committee of the House of Commons over the allegations.
“Mr Parish has been suspended from the Conservative whip pending the outcome of that investigation,” the spokesperson said.
The revelation comes after what has been a bad year for being a parliamentarian, in the wake of scandals, misdemeanours, and now the height of moral depravity by Parish. After Mp Anne Marie Trvelyan revealed that she was pinned to the wall by a randy Mp, and that the hands of several male Mps frequently wonder around the bodies of their less randy female couterparts, it is quite cleat that more stringent disciplinary action needs to be taking against offending Mps.
Witnesses
Boris Johnson had encouraged witnesses to report the individual’s behaviour to the independent complaints and grievance scheme, which polices MPs’ behaviour; but was facing pressure to take more immediate action.
Parish has held the safe Conservative seat of Tiverton and Honiton, in Devon, since 2010, winning it with a huge majority of 24,239 in 2019.
He is the chair of the Defra select committee, known at Westminster as a champion for animals and farming, quizzing MPs in recent Commons appearances about fertiliser prices and greyhound racing.
Hypocritical
Prior to the revelation of Parish’s name as the guilty Mp, several Conservative MPs, including Nickie Aiken and Simon Hoare, had called on the unnamed MP accused of watching pornography to resign, rather than risk others being wrongly named.
Parish himself gave a hypcoriticl gave an interview with GB News earlier this week, in which he was asked about allegations of a Conservative MP watching pornography.
“I think the whips’ office will do a thorough investigation and we will wait and see that result and from that, then the decision will have to be made what action will be taken,” he said.
Pressed on whether there was a problem with the culture at Westminster, Parish said, “We’ve got some 650 members of parliament in what is a very intense area. You are going to get people who step over the line.”
He added: “It does have to be dealt with and dealt with seriously.”
The now exposed Mp must be throughly embarrassed and should never hold a seat in Parliament ever again.