by Luigi Ippolito, our correspondent in London
The MP chatted on his mobile phone during parliamentary sessions. The Embarrassment of the Conservatives. Prime Minister Johnson: “Unacceptable”
The mother of all parliaments is now brewing scandal after scandal: it’s Westminster’s turn to stream porn, in this case what a Conservative MP was watching on his phone in the classroom in the middle of parliamentary sessions.
It was reported by a young government secretary of state sitting right next to the filthy man who continued to enjoy himself despite everything and everyone. A revelation made during a stormy meeting of Conservative MPs, at which other ladies also confirmed the “incidents” they observed (and always involving the same MP).
An independent parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the case, and once identified, the damned man risks the end of his political career. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: Because at said meeting of Conservative MPs, it seems as if the banks had collapsed and the ladies were vying for innuendo and innuendos under the amazed gazes of the faction leaders in attendance that were unacceptable, if not annoying. One reported that after she put on a knee-length leather skirt, she was approached by an MP with “nice dress: what’s your job?” While another honorable MP greeted her colleagues with a “Let’s go girls!” called to vote. Former Prime Minister Theresa May in attendance listened in silence with “a flashing face”, they told the newspapers.
It’s a dominant misogynist culture, but not surprising given that it was revealed just days ago that 56 MPs, including three members of the government, have been charged with inappropriate sexual behavior and relegated to the body that deals with official complaints. And on the other hand, the scandal of the beginning of the week has not yet evaporated, when it was revealed that a Conservative MP had alleged that Labor Deputy Leader Angela Rayner had earlier crossed her legs and opened them again – in Basic Instinct style – to distract and distract Boris Johnson during the debates: delusional phrases that had provoked the harsh reaction of the Prime Minister himself, but which indicated a settled mindset.
Suella Braverman, the government’s Attorney General, spoke yesterday afternoon and accused “a small minority of men who are behaving like animals and discrediting Parliament”. And Defense Secretary Ben Wallace acknowledged there was “a fundamental problem” in Westminster culture, which he attributed to “long hours, bars and people under pressure”. His advice was therefore to “go home” and not to have a drink late at night in the Parliamentary Buvette.
But perhaps much more needs to be done to address what appears to be a systemic problem. Five years ago, a scandal erupted over the harassment and bullying of MEPs’ staff; and in 2o19 an investigation revealed that the ladies’ assistants regularly made “unsolicited advances” and “attempts to kiss her”. And Westminster’s “toxic” culture has also been used to explain last year’s discovery of drugs flowing in rivers in the corridors of Britain’s Parliament.
Johnson also commented on the latest case, calling it “completely unacceptable” to watch porn videos in the courtroom: however, there are those who have suggested the incident was made possible because the current administration has cultivated a culture of flouting the rules. As always, the fish stinks from the head.
April 28, 2022 (change April 28, 2022 | 23:37)
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