When pressed on why he chose to view the material in the Commons, he said: 'I don't know, I think I must've taken complete leave of my senses and my sensibilities and my sense of decency, everything.' 'I was wrong what I was doing, but this idea that I was there watching it, intimidating women, I mean I have 12 years in Parliament and probably got one of the best reputations ever - or did have.' 'My crime, my most biggest crime, is that on another occasion I went in a second time, and that was deliberate. '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,' Mr Parish said. He said in an interview with BBC South West that he recognised the 'furore' and 'damage' he was causing his family and his constituency in Devon before deciding 'it just wasn't worth carrying on'. The married father-of-two had previously vowed to continue as the MP for Tiverton and Honiton after it was revealed he was the politician seen watching porn by two Conservative colleagues, but finally bowed to pressure to resign this afternoon. Mr Parish struggled to hold back tears as told how in a 'moment of madness' he then deliberately watched the x-rated video a second time while he was sitting waiting to vote on the side of the Commons chamber.
'I might have done things or I might not have done things but I am not here to be killed and I am not here to have my family threatened.' Mr Parish added: 'You know what happened to David Amess.
He clarified the threats had not been made since Friday when it emerged that he had watched pornography in Parliament, but said: 'There are a couple of running ones that are quite nasty, actually.' Speaking this afternoon outside his constituency home, an emotional Mr Parish told reporters: 'I have had threats to my life and my wife.' The 65-year-old select committee chair, who is a farmer by trade, said he first accidentally viewed the x-rated video after looking at tractors online. Tory Neil Parish has revealed he and his wife have received death threats, as the politician announced he will resign as an MP after admitting to twice watching pornography in Parliament. Senior Tories and opposition figures had called for Parish to go yesterday after the allegations were madeīy Brendan Carlin and Christine Challand for The Mail on Sunday and Jessica Warren For Mailonline.He has admitted viewing the material for a second time deliberately while waiting to vote in the Chamber.He bizarrely claimed the first time he was caught, he was attempting to look at tractors on his phone.Parish said he and his wife received death threats, but clarified these were made before Friday's revelations.The move will trigger a by-election in the safe Conservative constituency of Tiverton and Honiton.He confirmed his exit in an interview outside his local conservative association with BBC South West.'Porn MP' Neil Parish has said he will resign from Parliament after looking at porn in the House of Commons.When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.'I am not here to have my family threatened': 'Porn MP' Neil Parish reveals he and his wife have received DEATH threats - as he announces he WILL resign after 'accidentally' opening X-rated video in Commons while 'looking at tractors' Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).