Why wouldn’t it? We have a large cohort of men, used to being in male-only spaces, whether that is from boarding schools such as Eton, or their male-only members’ clubs or from the advantaged position of power and money.Īnd we know what the mix of power and money can do. This is so much bigger than an individual MP accidentally stumbling on pornography on his phone.ĭoes Parliament have a problem with misogyny? Of course it does. They were at a place of work, at a place where the highest-level policy and reform around women and girls and their safety and equality takes place. They weren’t in the corridor or the canteen. This was while they were in the House of Commons during a debate. Two female colleagues were subjected to him looking at pornography and raised the initial complaint. I’m sure it must be a common search for some men.
But, the thing is, you still have to click on that site.Ĭolin Slade, a Devon county councillor and friend of Parish, supported his friend and said he could see how his tractor search led to pornography. I was looking for French blinds once and a pornography site was advertised. He wasn’t looking for pornography, he was searching for information on tractors which led him to the said pornography. This was a moment that showed us the blatant disregard, sense of entitlement, lack of consequences and accountability that men like him have. On announcing his resignation, Parish called it a “moment of madness.” No, it wasn’t a moment of madness. While we were waiting for the identity of the MP to be revealed, like some ill-conceived joke, Parish appeared on GB News to discuss the MP who was caught watching pornography.Īsked if he thought there was a problem with culture in Parliament, he replied: “If you have 650 members … in what is an intense area, you are going to get people that step over the line.”įollowed by “…I don’t think there’s necessarily a huge culture here, but I think it does have to be dealt with and dealt with seriously.”īy Saturday he had reported himself to the parliamentary standards watchdog. This scandal, however, gives us an opportunity to examine an issue that has been at the forefront of many women’s and girls’ lives.
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This whole debacle, like so many other recent parliamentary scandals, will in no doubt be erased from the public’s consciousness shortly so politicians will be free to carry on behaving as if the rules don’t apply.
Then we were told the identity of the MP, followed by his resignation. Last week we knew that an MP had been seen looking at pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.
NEIL PARISH, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, announced his resignation on Saturday after a week of goings-on that resembled a circus show.