Labour MP Keith Vaz facing six-month suspension after offering to buy cocaine for male prostitutes

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The House of Commons’ standards watchdog has recommended a six-month suspension for Labour MP Keith Vaz after finding that he signficantly damaged the reputation of parliament by offering to buy

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Trump is in the WH and Johnson is in DS, at this point who really cares?

After the Brexit Fiasco, What next for these unscrupulous, infantile feckwits?

This guy has some major issues

Was it for Michael Gove?

Keith ‘Vazeline’ as he’s affectionately known amongst his prozzy friends

The man should be given a medal for making politics interesting.

What a beauty and you trust these lot to run the country. Ha

Why not just call it a day?

Its always the ones you most suspect.

leave our gay prince alonet :(

Even by politicians standards this is sordid.

Keith Vaz is innocent! Video games made him do it

That'll teach him 🙄

Wow, prostitutes in Leicester have standards. Ones in Norfolk will be happy with a red bull and pack of smokes

a life full of incident

What about compensation for the psychological damage suffered by those who saw that picture? 😂

So not a conspiracy to supply controlled substances, then?

Procuring or attempting to procure Class Drugs prisonable circumstances surely or is that the VAR replay decision.? Xxxxxx

AwakeNowReady labour and their lords RUN the justice system , its bent and corrupt ,, vaz has escaped justice , because of his roots and nothing else

it was a sure thing!!

This is the fella that sat in judgement of others with that “holier than thou face” face on him.

Suspended?!? For life right?

Political correctness gone mad.

🤣🤣🤣

Well, this should help to keep Blow-Jo’s £130k skirt out of the news.

Surely not Keith 😯

Ah, a good old fashioned political scandal.

This is the guy that wants to ban Grand Theft Auto.

Keith Vaz's Constituents voted to 'LEAVE THE EU'!!!

Classic 'Jim'

Finally some proper political news!

greg_jenner Wait is this the 80's?

Britain is now a laughing stock.

Suspension?!? FFS, how about 'not fit for public office ever again'? Can we please just see the back of MPs (and other public office holders) whose behaviour demonstrates they are unfit to hold such an office?

How very 1985 of him.

That guy can party

The problem with these MPs who are doing drugs or involved in drugs is that they are always the ones refusing to address sensible drug policy reform.

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