A CONSERVATIVE MP who has been suspended from the party while under investigation for allegedly watching porn in the House of Commons has suffered from X-rated changes to his Wikipedia page.
Neil Parish, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton, had the Tory whip withdrawn on Friday pending the result of the investigation after a conversation with Tory Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris.
An investigation by the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) was launched after the allegations surfaced during a meeting of Tory MPs on Tuesday.
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A spokeswoman for Heaton-Harris said: “Having spoken to the Chief Whip this afternoon, Neil Parish MP is reporting himself to the Standards Committee of the House of Commons.
“Mr Parish has been suspended from the Conservative whip pending the outcome of that investigation.”
In the moments after his name was revealed on social media, rebellious Wikipedia users began to make changes to his page.
The former MEP had his name changed to “Neil Pornish”, while his political party was edited to read “OnlyFans” – the name of a subscription-based website often used for pornographic purposes. His associated website was also changed to take users to an X-rated website.
Wikipedia history shows a number of users also edited his biography to state his successor was adult entertainment actress Mia Khalifa and changed the description of his “parliamentary career” to “pornography career”.
Most changes have now been edited back.
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