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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Disgraced MP who quit after watching porn says Boris Johnson must face ‘reality’

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The disgraced former MP whose admission he watched porn in the House of Commons triggered a disastrous by-election defeat for Boris Johnson has told the prime minister to "face reality".

Neil Parish said the result showed a "crisis of confidence” in the Conservative leader in the wake of the partygate scandal.

In a stunning victory, the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority to take the Devon seat of Tiverton and Honiton.

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