Tories head into local elections with porn MP scandal on top of 'partygate'

A former Tory councillor has said the party has no direction, as she revealed she has quit the Conservatives in the aftermath of the council elections last week.

Anas Sarwar has backed Keir Starmer to take Labour into the next general election despite the UK party leader facing mounting questions over beergate.

Nicola Sturgeon has said Tory attacks on Keir Starmer over the so-called “beergate” event are part of a “massive operation” to divert attention away from Boris Johnson’s “serial breaching” of lockdown rules.

The SNP has come out as the biggest party at the Scottish council elections.

The Conservative Party faced some tough early losses as counts got underway in England overnight. Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from local party leaders after losing three key London authorities.

Millions of voters are heading to the polls to decide who they want to run their councils as local elections take place across the UK today. More than 4,000 councillors across 146 councils in England are standing for election, and the results will be trickling in from the early hours of Friday morning.

Boris Johnson and the Tories.The comedy duo are well-known for their reworkings of classic songs mixed with quotes from public figures. Previous targets have included Donald Trump, David Cameron, Brexit and even Die Hard‘s status as a Christmas film.Cassetteboy have now taken aim at the Prime Minister yet again by re-arranging quotes in a new video set to Eminem‘s 2002 hit ‘Without Me’.The clip, which you can watch below, highlights the current cost of living crisis, partygate, Russia, Brexit and MP Neil Parish’s recent resignation after he was caught watching porn in the House of Commons.New! Cassetteboy vs The Tories May 2022.

Tory ‘porn’ MP Neil Parish has formally resigned his seat in the Commons, triggering another by-election for Boris Johnson’s scandal-ridden government.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said he aims to make the party a "major force" in Greater Manchester, as he identified Stockport as a "key" target in this week's local elections.

Lorraine Kelly joked Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid should be Prime Minister following her grilling interview of Boris Johnson.

Luton Town fans have been filmed chanting "we can see you watching porn" at the Houses of Parliament towards ex-MP Neil Parish.Conservative MP Parish resigned from his post as an MP after admitting to watching porn twice in the House of Commons. And the former MP was shown no sympathy from the Luton fans as they sailed along the Thames on Sunday.Luton fans had been ready to make the trip to Fulham on a supporters boat.

A Lanarkshire MP has said she was warned which men to avoid in Westminster when first elected last year.

Good Morning Britain viewers were not impressed with host Richard Madeley, who they suggested was sympathetic towards porn watching MP Neil Parish.

Jeremy Clarkson has taken to Twitter to mock former Somerset MP Neil Parish who resigned after claiming he accidentally looked at porn in the House of Commons while searching for a tractor website.The MP from Bridgewater and former farmer went on TV on Saturday afternoon to say he would resign after being named as the politician reported for twice by female colleagues for watching porn in the House of Commons.And the former Top Gear presenter, who is the star of Amazon Prime series Clarkson's Farm, was one of many social media users to poke fun at the former politician.Clarkson tweeted: "I spent all day looking at tractors."His post was a hit with his follows, with more than 60,000 liking it.Others joked the Clarkson's reality farming series should be aired after the watershed.Explaining his porn watching at work, the MP said: “The situation was that, funnily enough, it was tractors I was looking at and I did get into another website that had a sort of very similar name. And I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn’t have done.”"But my crime - biggest crime - is that on another occasion I went in a second time."He admitted that second time had been deliberate and that it happened in the House of Commons while he was sitting waiting to vote.Parish said what he did "was absolutely totally wrong", adding: "I will have to live with this for the rest of my life.

Speaking to BBC South West, the MP explained: "The situation was that - funnily enough it was tractors I was looking at."I did get into another website that had a very similar name and I watched it for a bit which I shouldn't have done."But my crime - biggest crime - is that on another occasion I went in a second time.”Asked if that was intentional, he said: “That was deliberate...

Stephen Fry and David Baddiel are among those who have ridiculed the claim made by Tory MP Neil Parish that he was ‘trying to look at tractors’ after being caught watching porn in the House of Commons.Yesterday, the member of parliament for Tiverton & Honiton was identified as the previously unnamed politician who was allegedly spotted watching adult content twice by two female colleagues during a meeting.After being suspended from the parliamentary party, Mr Parish confirmed that he was going to resign from his position, saying he was ‘not proud’ of what happened.Speaking to BBC News, he said: ‘The situation was that – funnily enough it was tractors I was looking at. I did get into another website that had a very similar name and I watched it for a bit which I shouldn’t have done.

Tory MP Neil Parish said he will resign as an MP after he admitted to watching pornography twice in the House of Commons - but said it began after first looking at tractors online.

Gary Lineker has joked he's "always terrified" he'll accidentally watch porn too following the latest controversy amongst the UK Government.It was alleged this week that Conservative MP Neil Parish had been looking at adult content while in the House of Commons. After his identity was revealed on Friday (April 29), he claimed he may have opened it on his phone by mistake.Lineker, who jumps at almost every opportunity to poke fun on social media, responded to the news with a tweet which read: "Always terrified that I’ll accidentally watch porn during @BBCMOTD….

A Tory MP who has been accused of watching porn in the House of Commons is expected to announce his departure, sources claim.