Is Britain's House of Commons fraught with a moral vacuum?

A female MP and a Junior Minister complained they have seen a Tory male MP watching inappropriate videos on his cell phone while in the House of Commons.

- ANTONIA FILMER

This week was a bad week for Tory sleaze, starting with a mail on Sunday report of a typically anonymous Tory MP insulting opposition Deputy Leader Angela Rayner by suggesting her debating skills did not compete with Boris Johnson's, and Ms Rayner used her legs to distract the PM on the front bench. The Prime Minister said this report was "the most appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe" and that he respected Rayner as a parliamentarian despite differences of opinion. The Times reported that an anonymous official said the Sue Gray report into lockdown parties was damning regarding Boris Johnson. A female MP and a Junior Minister complained they have seen a Tory male MP watching porn on his cell phone while in the House of Commons, subsequently several female MP's revealed accounts of sexual harassment by male colleagues. Suella Braverman, UK's Attorney General, said it was worrying that watching porn had become "normalised" and a minority of men in politics "behave like animals". Ben Wallace, Defence Minister, suggested there was a fundamental problem with the drinking culture in parliament. Fifty-six MPs including three members of Cabinet and two shadow ministers are reported to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme for alleged sexual misconduct. All the above suggest a moral vacuum, lack of ethical behaviour and poor managerial oversight in parliament.