Ministers bank on the public overlooking little issues like rampant sexual misconduct and cronyism. That’s optimistic, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
, saying: “My advice to any MP is actually to avoid the bars. To finish your day’s work and go home.” I mean, for a Tory local election slogan, I quite like: “Go back to your constituencies and prepare to watch porn on the job there.” But as a national mood-capturer goes, it’s not exactly. Maybe Keir Starmer could go with Labour Isn’t Wanking; see if that’ll move the dial in Wandsworth.
And so to the sheer scale of Westminster’s cross-party sexual misconduct problem. Fifty-six accused MPs really is an astonishing statistic, given the arcane Westminster system’s barriers to reporting. It is certainly statistically likely that the overwhelming majority of those 56 are men, meaning that up to one in eight male MPs are currently accused of inappropriate behaviour and worse.
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