Neil Parish, a British politician who represents Tiverton and Honiton in parliament, admitted on Saturday to seeing pornography twice while in parliament buildings, according to an exclusive interview with BBC South West. Parliament for more than a decade.
“I’m going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life,” Parish told the BBC. “I made a huge and terrible mistake and I’m here to tell the world. “
Parish said the first time he saw pornography was because of a twist of fate after visiting a tractor website.
“I walked into another one that had a very similar call and looked at it a little bit, which I shouldn’t have done,” he said.
But for a moment, Parish said he intentionally sought pornography while waiting to vote in the House of Commons. Two colleagues said they saw Parish watching adult content on his mobile phone while sitting next to him.
“I was wrong, I was stupid, I lost my sense,” Parish told BBC News. He presented a “full and general apology” for his actions, which he described as a “moment of madness. “
Parish said she didn’t know why she chose to take a look at the House of Commons and denied seeing it in a way that meant others would notice it too.
On Friday, Parish insisted he would continue to serve as an MP after referring to the House of Commons Parliamentary Standards Commissioner about incident allegations. He said he would cooperate with any investigation.
But on Saturday, Parroquia would resign.
The Conservative Association of Tiverton and Honiton supported his resignation resolution.
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank Neil Parish for the facilities he has provided to our communities over the past twelve years,” the agreement said on a Saturday.