Conservative politician resigns after being caught watching porn on phone in Parliament

[ludd]

You reap what you sow.
I did search for the Xtractor site but all I could find was Ukrainian farmers towing Russian tanks.

[snigs]

Your dad’s not wrong.

[ValiantAP6]

Is nobody thinking that trying to look at a tractor website in the Commons is actually worse than looking at porn???

[anon33932455]

@Mister44

Rob always taking one for the team.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[dalgoda7]

You don’t have to be lonely… at Farmers Only Dot Com!

[generic_name]

I can’t believe he didn’t try the “I was doing research for an anti-porn bill” defense.

Also: WTF is that outfit he’s wearing in the photo? Purple tie, blue shirt, and . . . some kind of corduroy vest?

[GagHalfrunt]

He’s cosplaying as a farmer.

@beschizza

A posh farmer “country gentleman willing to get his hands dirty” signifier, quite ill-chosen for the moment.

@VeronicaConnor

The hunting vest with a dress shirt and tie is a pretty perfect conservative Poe. It’s like the Tucker Carlson’s Workshop of outfits. So obviously performative yet no doubt the target audience likes it.

[the_borderer]

@falconbury

I may be wrong, but I don’t think he has actually resigned. He just said he would resign.

He isn’t Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds yet, so he hasn’t “resigned”.

Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Don’t worry, nobody gets paid to be Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

[jerwin]

@generic_name

Purple tie, blue shirt, and . . . some kind of corduroy vest?

The padded shoulders might be designed for absorbing the recoil of a shotgun or rifle. Possibly belongs to the same sort of aesthetic as the “shooting brake”. As a social signifier, it’s certainly uglier than tweed.