A Conservative MP has been accused of watching pornography on his phone while sitting in the House of Commons. The allegation was made at a meeting of female MP’s to discuss claims that there is a sexist culture at Westminster.
According to The Mail Online:
The MP has not been named, but one female MP told the meeting on Tuesday they had been sat next to him at the time, while a second corroborated it.
There were also claims he did it on other occasions in the chamber, and also while taking part in a Commons committee hearing.
A statement from the Conservative whips office said: ‘The chief whip (Chris Heaton-Harris) is looking into this matter.
‘This behaviour is wholly unacceptable and action will be taken.’
According to the Sun, one attendant of the meeting said: ‘Around 14 MPs got up one after the other to describe their experiences – it was shocking.
‘One MP was left in tears. They wanted the Chief Whip to find the man and kick him out of the party.’
Asked about the claim, Tory MP Brandan Clarke-Smith told BBC Politics live it was hard to even get a signal in the chamber, adding: ‘I think it’s unacceptable in any workplace really. I don’t think it’s necessarily unique to the HoC.
‘If someone has done that then quite rightly I would expect there to be some consequences for that.’
If an MP or anyone else for that matter has watched porn in the presence of others, whether that’s at work or anywhere else where someone might see it, then it’s an open and shut case of sexual harassment.
What a shower of shit politicians are eh?
