MP Neil Parish tractors

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Dominator

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'Porn MP' Neil Parish was searching for 'Dominator' brand combine ... (Daily Mail)

The Claas 'Dominator' is a widely-used brand of combine harvester, and Mr Parish's family farm in North Somerset had one such model on its premises over the ...

'From health and crime failures to partygate and porn scandals, the Conservatives are taking voters for granted. The one thing I wasn't doing and which I will take to my grave as being true is I was not actually making sure people could see it. Having reached their red-brick farmhouse in Stretcholt near Bridgwater, Somerset, Mr Parish broke down in tears and told her: 'I'm sorry you married a f****** idiot.' 'In fact, I was trying to do quite the opposite. Following this, Robert Mugabe banned Neil from re-entering the country, a ban that remains in place to this day. He would never just do that knowing [people were looking]. These ladies were quite right to be as cross as they were because I was cross, too.' I'm also not going to defend what I did. I was wrong. It continued: 'Shorter than average and slightly rotund, Parish makes up in personality what he lacks in height. Mr Parish left school at 16 without qualifications and began working on the family farm, where he still lives. The same person adds with a sigh: ''He's a pretty nice guy actually''.' I started to feel really uncomfortable because he was being far too over-cavalier.

'Porn MP' Neil Parish may have been looking for a Claas Dominator ... (iNews)

The MP claimed he was searching for tractors when he ended up viewing pornography, but has not explained how he made the leap.

I saw his BBC interview, which was very heartfelt, in which he said he was wrong and he was sorry. I had a conversation with him in which he said very similar things.” Mr Kwarteng told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I don’t think there’s a culture of misogyny.

Neil Parish tractor excuse sparks speculation on how he ended up ... (GB News)

Tory MP Neil Parish caused alarm to two colleagues who witnessed him watching pornography on his mobile phone – actions that ultimately cost the ...

“My crime, my most biggest crime, is that on another occasion I went in a second time, and that was deliberate. In an interview with BBC South West, he said: “The situation was, funnily enough it was tractors I was looking at, so I did get into another website with sort of a very similar name and I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn’t have done. The 65-year-old had fought to stay on as MP after it emerged he was the subject of the complaint but on Saturday recognised the “furore” he caused and said he would resign.

Jeremy Clarkson mocks Somerset MP Neil Parish's porn excuse as ... (Somerset Live)

Clarkson, Stephen Fry and other celebrities lined up to ridicule his excuse for looking at porn in the Commons.

As 'tractor filth' became big news over the weekend one joked they had some sympathy with Neil Parish. StewPeggy said: "I used to be into the “tractor stuff” too. He added: "It starts out with harmless pictures of flatbed pickups, then it’s tractors, but the trouble is - before you know it you’re onto combine harvesters." This led to Labour claiming he had broken the law and calls for more to be done to stop men watching porn in public places such as trains and bars. Pointless host Richard Osman joked under an article about his resignation: “‘Tory Neil Parish’ is an anagram of ‘parties hornily’. The clues were all there.” Many quipped that the MPs confession had made them worry about listening to the Archers in case anyone thought it was pornography. And the former Top Gear host, who now runs his own Cotswold farm, was one of the first to make fun as 'Tractorgate' took hold.

'Porn MP' Neil Parish was looking for 'Dominator', friends say (Telegraph.co.uk)

Devon councillor believes search for popular brand of combine harvester led to 'excellent' MP watching pornography in Parliament.

I saw his BBC interview, which was very heartfelt, in which he said he was wrong and he was sorry. I had a conversation with him in which he said very similar things.” Mr Parish has been photographed standing on one of the vehicles. I was wrong. I was stupid. “What I did was absolutely wrong.

Neil Parish meant to look at 'Dominator' farm machinery, friends claim (LBC)

Neil Parish was trying to look at a type of farm machinery called a 'Dominator' when he claimed to accidentally end up watching porn in the House of Commons ...

But on Saturday he said he recognised the "furore" he caused and said he would resign. Despite the fact Mr Parish said he was trying to look at pictures of tractors when he ended up on the website, Mr Slade - a deputy chairman of the Tiverton and Honiton Conservative Association - said the explanation made sense. Colin Slade, a councillor in Devon and a friend of Mr Parish, said he had heard from other friends that the MP was looking for "a brand of tractor named Dominator".