MP Named as Neil Parish

John Deere!

Why do they have to be FORCED to resign when it’s obvious it’s the only decent thing they could do?

I do feel sorry for his family, and also for his female colleagues in Westminster. If I’d seen a colleague sitting next to me and watching porn I’d have felt physically sick!

He was probably hoping the Tory party would rally round, tell the female MP's to be quiet and it would all blow over. Such arrogance.

With its lies, con artistry, sleaze and corruption, the Tory "fish" really is rotting from the head downwards, ?

Dickens

I think he's stated something along the lines that he may have "accidentally" opened a porn video.

Why are MPs scrolling through their iPhones anyway when they're in the House?

Like others, I feel sorry for his wife, but her comment, "that if women were "mad" with every man who watched porn "you would not have many wives in the world". has lessened my sympathy somewhat. Entirely missing the point.

... and not all porn is harmless either. Does she, or the men who watch, know that it's an industry into which women are frequently trafficked? And that some men have admitted that their addiction to it has led to them being unable to hold down normal relationships with their wives and girlfriends?

He just should not have been watching it at work, it's as simple as that.

This seems to have been suggested by the person who interviewed him. It was on the news last night and the interviewer said,’Was it an accident?’ When Parish wouldn't comment and said he would wait for the result of the inquiry the interviewer said, ‘I meant did you open it by accident?’ Which is when Parish seemed to cotton on to the idea then said that he did. I thought at the time that the interviewer had given him an idea of what line to take and that the interviewer was at fault.

At least he has resigned unlike some of the front bench who lie to parliament and the people. I think it’s absolutely right that he resigned and others more senior should take a leaf out of his book.

Nobody in the Commons chamber should be using their phones. They are there to run the country and being paid to do so by us.

Jane 43 We thought exactly the same as you. Put words into his mouth.

I agree that MPs should not be scrolling through mobile phones, let alone accessing pornography, tin the House of Commons. It is right that Neil Parrish has resigned a few days after being outed, so his constituents will now be able to vote for a decent person to represent them.

Meanwhile David Warburton, MP for Somerton and Frome has not resigned, some four weeks after being accused of sexual harassment by three different women, taking class A drugs and having borrowed a huge amount of money from a very dodgy Russian.

When will the voters of Somerton and Frome get the chance to elect a decent MP?

Apart from the incriminating photo of Warburton looking spaced out beside lines of white powder, there are text messages such as "does your dealer do Westminster Bridge?" and "£160 for cocaine is good value". The three women who he allegedly molested could not report it to their HR manager as she is married to this disgraceful man. He is now apparently sheltering in a psychiatric unit. Does that give him a "get out of jail free card?".

Meanwhile who is representing his constituents?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10683345/Scandal-hit-MP-David-Warburton-took-undeclared-150K-loan-Russian.html

It’s so trashy isn’t it. David Warburton, Jamie Wallis and now Neil Parrish.

Parish has said he was looking for tractors when he stumbled over the porn site which he looked at and then looked at again in the Commons. He's going to come in for a lot of ridicule over this.

What tractor name do you have to type into a search engine to arrive at porn? The best selling brands are: John Deere, New Holland, Massey Ferguson, Case-IH, Claas, Fendt, Valtra, Same Deutz Fahr and McCormick. Type any of those into a search engine and all bar one take you straight to the manufacturers site. McCormick goes to the cooking spice company first, tractors second.

Closest "mistake" I can think of is predictive text for Massey leading to massage. But if I do that on my phone, the massage companies listed are part of genuine spa treatments or physiotherapists who offer sports massage. If you have location tracking on, the search will default to local businesses so maybe if you do this in central London it'll find other kinds of massage services with links to porn.

I'm not trying to defend him any way. He's been incredibly foolish and disrespectful and had lost his job as a result. Just trying to see if his excuse for stumbling over the porn holds water.

He’s sorry he’s been caught! Poor wife and family

Apparently OakDryad there might be some clues in the words Tractor Pulling? But I know nothing.

You do learn stuff on GN….

I wish they would leave their phones outside the house, what other job allows you to sit their sprawled out looking through your phone, any one if them could be running another business. At the moment looking at pin is not against the law, there should be a massive crackdown on it, from the people that film it, the people in those films, probably drug related for who would do that unless coerced, it’s demeaning to everyone concerned. These people that watch it wouldn’t like to be watching their wives or daughter.
Mr Parish has been caught out, paid the price, lost his previous good name but I do wonder how many more there are that haven’t been caught

Shamed MP David Warburton refused to attend Parliament’s anti-sexual harassment training

The married dad-of-two is accused of making unwanted sexual advances to three women and snorting cocaine

His wife, who is thought to be standing by him, said he was admitted to a psychiatric unit with shock.

The Sun on Sunday revealed the coke and grope scandal last week.

The 56-year-old condemned the course in 2020 after it was made mandatory in the light of a wave of sexual harassment allegations against MPs in 2017.

Warburton said: “I’ve had to sign up to the ‘Valuing Everyone’ re-education course as not signing up is apparently a clear marker I don’t value people.”

The Somerset MP added that he would “go no further down this rabbit hole” and as of last July had not attended.

The course is meant to tackle harassment and sexual misconduct.

Warburton was responding to an MP who said they would snub the “Orwellian” scheme.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/18219410/david-warburton-refused-sexual-harassment-training/

It’s easy to find out if he stumbled on porn by accident all the websites he visited and all the phone numbers are recorded, if they examine his phone they can get all the WhatsApp and instagram etc too.

Whenever any of these men are accused of misdemeaners, their mobile phones should immediately be confiscated and thoroughly searched

Joseanne

Apparently OakDryad there might be some clues in the words Tractor Pulling? But I know nothing.

I know more now! You'd still have to search on that phrase though. I suspect Mr Contrite is being disingenuous.

There is absolutely no way porn "accidentally" happened to the unsuspecting man.
They must think we all sailed up in a banana boat.

OakDryad

Joseanne

Apparently OakDryad there might be some clues in the words Tractor Pulling? But I know nothing.

I know more now! You'd still have to search on that phrase though. I suspect Mr Contrite is being disingenuous.

Definitely disingenuous.

Well, well. Lord Frost is being urged by allies to stand in the by-election that will be created by Neil Parish's departure from his traditionally safe Conservative seat.

I think they have good reason to have their phones in the HoC, as breaking news can be important to debates, and at times it will be useful to be able to look things up. But accessing porn is absolutely not acceptable.

As for whether or why he is sorry - only he can know that - it's really annoying when people on the outside of a situation decide how someone else is feeling and why. He may well be sorry now that he realises how disrespectful he has been to his wife, his colleagues and his constituents, or he may just be furious with himself for being indiscreet; but quite frankly I don't care whether he's sorry or not. He did it, so he should resign. As should the drugs chap, and he should answer to the police, too.

Has Parrish said why he was looking up tractors?

I'm sure they could find another way to have access to breaking news.

Very important to have a knowledge of tractors in Devon!,
ooo argh.