Tory failure to act has made Commons misogyny worse, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says fish rots from the head' after resignation of Neil Parish for watching porn in parliament

A culture of misogyny and harassment in parliament has been worsened by the government's repeated attempts to delay disciplinary action against misbehaving Tory MPs, Keir Starmer has argued, saying that a fish rots from the head".

Starmer said real change had to be led and modelled from the top" when asked about new claims of abusive and sexualised behaviour by MPs following the resignation of the Conservative backbencher Neil Parish for watching pornography in the Commons chamber.