Neil Parish

A Member of Parliament in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, Neil Parish, said Saturday he will resign after admitting twice ...

We support his decision to step down as our Member of Parliament." And I watched it for a bit which I shouldn't have done. Parish told the BBC the first time he viewed the explicit material was an accident after searching online for farm vehicles.

Parish resigns over 'moment of madness', and claims 'it was tractors I was looking at on the internet'

Hoyle is working to form a “Speaker’s conference” – essentially a cross-party committee – to examine swift reforms and back an overhaul. It would have to be formally approved by the government and the Commons. On Friday Parish had referred himself to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, for investigation, but had said he would only stand down if found guilty. Phillips said Labour would now call for a full review into the law’s application and how many charges had been brought under it. I made a huge terrible mistake and I’m here to tell the world.” Explaining what had happened, Parish, who also runs a farm, told BBC Politics South West: “The situation was that – funnily enough it was tractors I was looking at.

He offered a "total full apology" for his actions, which he described as a "moment of madness."

He said that he would cooperate fully with any investigation. "I was wrong, I was stupid, I lost sense of mind," Parish told BBC News. He offered a "total full apology" for his actions, which he described as a "moment of madness." "I will have to live with this for the rest of my life," Parish told the BBC. "I made a huge terrible mistake and I'm here to tell the world."

The member of Parliament says he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons in a "moment of madness." The Conservative Party suspended him Friday ...

David Warburton, another Conservative in Parliament, was suspended from the party this month after sexual harassment and cocaine use allegations. This is a government rotting from the head down." "I have been characterised as a sexual predator, outcast and worse." But my crime — biggest crime — is that on another occasion I went in a second time." But the second time, it was intentional. Neil Parish, a Conservative Party member of Parliament, says he is resigning after admitting he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons in a "moment of madness."

British media reported a female minister said she had seen a male colleague viewing pornographic material while sitting beside her.

- He was suspended by the UK Conservative Party on Friday - Neil Parish says he opened pornography on his phone by accident A British MP has been suspended by the Conservative Party following accusations he was watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.

The veteran politician, who had the Conservative whip suspended on Friday, initially insisted he would continue with his parliamentary duties while ...

Mr Parish said he was "not defending what I did for one moment" arguing he thought the best thing he could do was to "tell the truth". Mr Parish campaigned to remain in the EU as he said he believed that was "the best option for British agriculture". However, he promised to "fight tooth and nail" to get the best Brexit deal for farmers. Mr Parish said he wanted to put on record "for all my rights and wrongs, I was not proud of what I was doing and the one thing I wasn't doing, which I will take to my grave as being true, is I was not actually making sure people could see it". Mr Parish had initially vowed to continue as MP for Tiverton and Honiton but said he would quit after recognising the "furore" and "damage" he was causing his family and constituency. Neil Parish, a 65-year-old farmer, said he watched adult material twice in parliament, claiming the first time was accidental after looking at tractors online but that the second was "a moment of madness". The veteran politician, who had the Conservative whip suspended on Friday, said he watched adult material twice in parliament, claiming the first time was accidental after looking at tractors online but that the second was "a moment of madness".