Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, said he was trying to look at a tractor website, but stumbled into a porn site with a similar name and watched it for 'a bit.'
Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, said he was trying to look at a tractor website, but stumbled into a porn site with a similar name and watched it for “a bit."A British lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party has resigned after admitting he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber.
Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, announced his decision Saturday after pressure from members of his own party who sought to defuse sleaze allegations before Britain holds its local elections on May 5. The ballot is seen as pivotal for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is already facing a voter backlash over lockdown-breaking parties in government offices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neil Parish, 65, stepped down after what he described as a moment of “madness.’’ Parish, chairman of the house’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said he was trying to look at a tractor website, but stumbled into a porn site with a similar name and watched it for “a bit.’’ “My biggest crime is that on another occasion I went in a second time,’’ he told the BBC. “And that was deliberate.’’Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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