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Go home and avoid the Commons bars, Ben Wallace tells lawmakers in sexism dispute | News

MEPs should avoid the bars of parliament and go home to reduce the “poisonous” culture of inappropriate and sexist behavior, the defense minister said.

Ben Wallace said he had a “problem with the overall culture” in parliament after two female Tory MPs said they saw a fellow man watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.

Wallace told Times Radio: “The main problem with Westminster is the whole culture, that hundreds and hundreds of people work long hours on site with bars and this mixture becomes poisonous.

Ben Wallace said that long working hours and alcohol are a bad combination

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“We are seeing all kinds of problems and this has been going on for decades and it is not easy to fix. We’ve seen a lot of problems in bars over the decades. we are