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Ellie Abraham
May 02, 2022
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Football fans have injected a dose of current affairs into their chanting as they joked about a porn-watching MP on their way to a game.
Last week, it was revealed that Conservative MP Neil Parish had been caught watching porn on his phone in the House of Commons not once, but twice.
Parish was the Tory Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton but has since resigned his position after the shocking revelation came to light.
Now, the awkward incident has been used by a group of football fans who were passing the Houses of Parliament on a boat on the River Thames and chanting en route to a game.
Footage posted on Twitter by an editor at The Times, Patrick Maguire, appeared to show Luton Town supporters chanting: “We can see you watching porn.”
Maguire wrote: “Luton Town away faithful pause en route to Fulham to pay heartfelt tribute to Neil Parish: ‘We can see you watching porn!’.”
Luton Town away faithful pause en route to Fulham to pay heartfelt tribute to Neil Parish: \u201cWe can see you watching porn!\u201dpic.twitter.com/iznb77gtIc— Patrick Maguire (@Patrick Maguire) 1651498702
In the clip, the football fans can be seen pointing at the building on the bank of the Thames and referring to the news involving Parish.
Responding to the clip, one person wrote: “tbf massive respect on this.”
tbf massive respect on thishttps://twitter.com/patrickkmaguire/status/1521121923178151937\u00a0\u2026— elizabeth (@elizabeth) 1651501706
“Nothing but love and respect for my town,” another said.
Nothing but love and respect for my townhttps://twitter.com/patrickkmaguire/status/1521121923178151937\u00a0\u2026— Becki (@Becki) 1651502074
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Someone else responded: “wonderful, wonderful work from Luton here.”
wonderful, wonderful work from Luton here.https://twitter.com/patrickkmaguire/status/1521121923178151937\u00a0\u2026— karsten (@karsten) 1651501982
Others joked that it was a sign that the scandalous story caught the attention of the public.
A journalist replied: “Is that what they call ‘cutting through’?”
Is that what they call \u201ccutting through\u201c?— Joe Lynam (@Joe Lynam) 1651501161
pic.twitter.com/L8UkhwSNRG— Chris (@Chris) 1651498986
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