The allegation that the conservative watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons is being investigated by the party.
Chief Whip Office Chris Heaton Harris said “action will be taken” against the allegation – which comes as political misogyny is tightly controlled.
A woman minister who said she was sitting next to the president at the time told colleagues about the incident at a meeting of Tory MPs in Westminster on Tuesday night, according to the Mirror.
Asked about the allegations in the BBC’s Politics Live, Tory MP Brendan Clark-Smith said:
Saying he would “call” him if he saw it happening, he added: “I think it’s extremely unprofessional. I hope that when they are in the hall, they focus on what they are doing, not on their mobile phones. “
He added: “I can’t even get a wi-fi signal in the camera.
The Mirror also quoted three sources as saying that about a dozen Tory women MPs at last night’s meeting shared stories of sexism and harassment from colleagues.
The revelation comes after misogyny was brought to the forefront of politics by a report in The Mail on Sunday quoting an anonymous Tory MP accusing Labor deputy leader Angela Raynor of crossing and spreading her legs at PMQ to kidnap the attention of Boris Johnson.
Ms Raynor objected to the “sexist insults” directed at her, as the editor of The Mail On Sunday refused to meet with the mayor to discuss the article.
Labor leader Starmer stood next to Raynor’s deputy in the PMQs
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On Wednesday, The Daily Mail published comments made by Ms Rayner on Matt Ford’s carefree political podcast in January, in which she discussed comparisons between her clothes at the Commons and Sharon Stone’s famous basic cross-legged instinct – the same scene , quoted in the article from Sunday.
After the comments were reported, Ms Rayner said Wednesday: “I said yes [Mr Forde] in January that the sexist movie parody for me was misogyny and still is.
As women, we sometimes try to erase the sexism we face, but it doesn’t do us any good.
She added: “The post office today suggests that I am somehow happy to be subjected to sexist insults. I do not. They are humiliating and deeply hurtful. ”
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer raised the issue during a question from the prime minister on Wednesday, urging Johnson to agree that “there is no room” for misogyny in modern Britain.
Sir Kear said: “I know that the Prime Minister will have hit his back benches to shout and shout, and that is good. But I hope he has also sent a clear message that there is no room for sexism and misogyny or watching people come from his party, this house or modern Britain.
Mr Johnson said he had “exchanged messages” with Ms Rayner over the weekend after the Mail on Sunday article had been published.
He added: “I repeat what I told her, there can be absolutely no room for such behavior or such expression in this house, and we must treat each other openly, with the respect they deserve.
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