Porn-watching former MP Neil Parish may stand in by-election
The former Conservative MP who stood down after he admitted watching pornography in Parliament has said he is considering seeking re-election.
Neil Parish was MP for the Tiverton and Honiton constituency in Devon for 12 years, but resigned afterThe 65-year-old said he would stand as an independent candidate if he contested the upcoming by-election.Mr Parish said: "I'm still taking soundings and haven't made my mind up yet either way". He previously said he accidentally viewed the porn video in the Commons when browsing for tractors, before later doing so deliberately in the chamber.
After the incident, he said: "I was wrong, I was stupid, I lost sense of mind," and described it as a "moment of madness".Mr Parish, who is a farmer by trade, told the Telegraph he could rely on his support in the farming community by running as an independent in the up-coming vote."The only thing that may well stop me is the fact that my local party, my local activists, my local councillors, all which are friends, I don't know if I want to do that to them.
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