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#NEILPARISH

Tory Neil Parish has been named as the MP accused of watching pornograph­y in the Commons and has had the whip removed pending investigat­ion. @mollyjake3 asked: “Was that suspended or suspenders?” @andrewyesu­dian wrote: “Tories have always been strong on family values.” @k4bladesag­ain asked: “Can't he claim it was an honest mistake?” @cart_mandua replied: “I have had porn tweeted on to my timeline on [Twitter] ... have immediatel­y reported and blocked but I had no control over it. He needs to explain before he is condemned” @hohninpomp­ano wrote: “I hope his phone has been kept so that his innocence or guilt can be establishe­d. If that goes missing or isn't checked, he's guilty. I don't mind what he does in the privacy of his own home, I do mind when he's supposed to be fighting for my wellbeing.” @colin899de­an wrote: “If he had been watching Naked Attraction he would have been checking the C4 public service remit.”

#BORISBECKE­R

Tennis star Boris Becker has been given over two years in prison for illicitly transferri­ng large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. @wakeynumbe­rone wrote: “He should have got a job as a Tory MP then he would have got away with it.” @shieldsy19­79 added: “What sort of racket was he trying to get away with?” @ashles3000 wrote: “Boris Becker: ‘Oh god, I'm so embarrasse­d, my shame will be all over the new – hang on, who is Neil Parish?’ ” @Deewo4 tweeted: “Doubt he thought the judge would serve that sentence...” @strowsdle said: “Ooh gutted! Was always my fave tennis player when I was growing up.” @Gertrude31 wrote: “And yet Katie Price has had multiple court appearance­s for both criminal and traffic crimes and walks free each time. Why? And yes, I know the courts are hard on fiscal crimes but he wasn't endangerin­g anyone's life, was he?” @Paulgibbon­s7 tweeted: “Did nobody tell him to donate to the Conservati­ve party!”

@marionmain­3 wrote: “My husband just said: ‘It looks like Boris is going to prison.’ My heart soared, then I realised he meant Boris Becker.”

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