On the hunt for the porno MP from Westminster

• United Kingdom Boris Johnson, splashed by the scandal 'Basic Instinct'

A new sex scandal has shaken the House of Commons in recent hours.

The Conservative Party has opened an internal investigation to find out who is the deputy who has been caught "red-handed" watching porn on his mobile during parliamentary sessions.

"This behavior is totally unacceptable and we will take the appropriate action", could be read in a statement issued by the office of the parliamentary spokesman for the "Tories", Chris Heaton-Harris, in light of the complaints made by several deputies during a session on sexism in Westminster attended by former "premier"

The scandal comes days after the uproar caused by statements to

by another Conservative MP - still unidentified - accusing Labor number two Angela Rayner of crossing and uncrossing her legs Sharon Stone-style in "Basic Instinct", to baffle "premier"

when he intervenes in front of her in debates in the House of Commons.

Johnson himself once again

among his coreligionists in his speech in Parliament on Wednesday.

The "premier" has promised that he will do everything possible to find out who leaked that "sexist accusation" against his political rival, but at the same time he has objected to the appearance in Westminster of the director of the Mail on Sunday, David Dillon, considering that It would be an interference with the freedom of the press.

The controversy was diverted in any case on Wednesday on the open investigation into the conservative "porn deputy", who could have already been identified by his party colleagues.

"There is no excusing such behavior and

," said Tory MP Pauline Latham.

"In Parliament we are supposed to be leaders and lead by example," added Latham, backed by Labor's Anna McMorrin: "It is a shame that something like this could happen in the House of Commons. What happened goes to show that we have to go much further to combat sexism and misogyny."

A total of 56 MPs (including three cabinet members) have been referred in the past year to Parliament's internal complaints department for alleged

according to a recent report revealed by

In 2017, Theresa May's then "number two", Damian Green, was forced to resign from his post as Secretary of State over an investigation that uncovered copious amounts of pornographic material on the computer in his parliamentary office.

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