of course it s embarrassing, and it s embarrassing for my wife, and the family, and so that is my main concern at the moment. i have a very supportive wife and i thank her for that. at a meeting of tory mps on tuesday, two women said they had seen a male colleague viewing porn on his phone. first, the conservative party said the matter should be investigated by parliament s independent complaints and grievance scheme. the mp involved had still not been named when neil parish himself was asked about the allegations in an interview on wednesday. i think the whip s office will do a thorough investigation and we will wait and see that result. and now we have it. after meeting the tories chief whip today, mr parish was suspended from the parliamentary party and referred himself for investigation by the commons standards commissioner. labour said it should have happened much sooner. the conservatives have obviously known for days who this mp was. now, having known, they should
responsibility for some of these attacks. they seem to be targeting muslim minority communities, communities like the shia, hazara and sufi communities. they seem to be taking place in places like mosques and schools. in fact, it was just last thursday that two vans had bombs detonated on board. they were vans carrying shia muslims near the northern city of mazar e sharif where at least nine people died. and it was last week that blasts tore through a high school in a predominantly hazara area in western kabul at least six people died there. so, while the taliban are saying that they ve got a handle on the security situation in afghanistan, these attacks, the violence and civilian deaths are continuing. you say the taliban say they have a handle on security stay with us on bbc news, still to come: watching porn in parliament the claims that ve led to a conservative mp s suspension from the party.
Watching pornography would be unacceptable in any workplace, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday when asked about an investigation into allegations a lawmaker was seen watching explicit videos on his phone in the House of Commons.