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Neil Parish: Porn scandal MP frightened by death threats | Neil Parish: Porn scandal MP frightened by death threats |
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Neil Parish was the MP for Tiverton and Honiton from 2010 to May 2022 | Neil Parish was the MP for Tiverton and Honiton from 2010 to May 2022 |
Former Tory MP Neil Parish says he was left "frightened" by the paparazzi and by death threats received after he was seen watching pornography at work. | |
Mr Parish resigned in May after he admitted watching pornography twice on his phone in Parliament. | Mr Parish resigned in May after he admitted watching pornography twice on his phone in Parliament. |
Speaking on LBC's Swarbrick on Sunday he said "three days of the paparazzi outside of your house shouting abuse at you, it is enough to frighten anybody". | Speaking on LBC's Swarbrick on Sunday he said "three days of the paparazzi outside of your house shouting abuse at you, it is enough to frighten anybody". |
He also said police had "kindly" confiscated his shotguns at the time. | He also said police had "kindly" confiscated his shotguns at the time. |
Mr Parish, who represented the Tiverton and Honiton constituency for 12 years before resigning, said: "I have had a couple of death threats and you have got all these cameras outside your house. And David Amess ... you know, I had an office three doors down from him. | Mr Parish, who represented the Tiverton and Honiton constituency for 12 years before resigning, said: "I have had a couple of death threats and you have got all these cameras outside your house. And David Amess ... you know, I had an office three doors down from him. |
"I was not going to put my wife through this. I spent the whole three days trying to make sure they didn't have the house in full view of the cameras. I think I largely managed to succeed in that." | "I was not going to put my wife through this. I spent the whole three days trying to make sure they didn't have the house in full view of the cameras. I think I largely managed to succeed in that." |
I quit as MP after porn moment of madness - Parish | I quit as MP after porn moment of madness - Parish |
Lib Dems take Tiverton and Honiton in by-election | Lib Dems take Tiverton and Honiton in by-election |
He also said he was wrong to be watching pornography but what he did was "immoral [but] not illegal". | He also said he was wrong to be watching pornography but what he did was "immoral [but] not illegal". |
"I was right in the corner of the House of Commons as you go into the lobby to vote, so this idea I think people have got that I was right in the middle of the House of Commons flaunting it is absolutely wrong," he said. | "I was right in the corner of the House of Commons as you go into the lobby to vote, so this idea I think people have got that I was right in the middle of the House of Commons flaunting it is absolutely wrong," he said. |
He claimed he had asked to be able to apologise but "was not given that opportunity" and was, instead, "thrown to the press wolves". | He claimed he had asked to be able to apologise but "was not given that opportunity" and was, instead, "thrown to the press wolves". |
Mr Parish, from Somerset, went on to say that following the scandal the police "kindly and rightly took away" his shotguns, adding: "Because when you have blown up your parliamentary career for 12 years, you are not feeling in the best place, and they took them away for my own safety." | Mr Parish, from Somerset, went on to say that following the scandal the police "kindly and rightly took away" his shotguns, adding: "Because when you have blown up your parliamentary career for 12 years, you are not feeling in the best place, and they took them away for my own safety." |
Asked about the recent by-election, when the Liberal Democrats overturned a Conservative majority of more than 24,000, he said he believed in "normal times" the Conservative majority may have been cut but that the vote had been a "referendum on the Prime Minister". | Asked about the recent by-election, when the Liberal Democrats overturned a Conservative majority of more than 24,000, he said he believed in "normal times" the Conservative majority may have been cut but that the vote had been a "referendum on the Prime Minister". |
If you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, you can visit the BBC's Action Line. | If you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, you can visit the BBC's Action Line. |
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