Suspended Labour MP ‘boasted’ about taking intercourse staff to parliament bar, declare colleagues

A Labour MP who has been suspended from the get together over allegations of sexual harassment has “boasted” about bringing intercourse staff into parliament for drinks, two of his colleagues have claimed.

One Labour MP and a Labour peer instructed Sky News it was “well known” in Westminster that Geraint Davies would take the ladies to one of many Commons’ bars and “show them off” on the terrace exterior.

A former parliamentary staffer has additionally claimed Mr Davies made “inappropriate advances” in direction of her when she was working as a younger researcher within the early 2000s, “including sexual comments and inappropriate touching” – and he solely stopped after she threatened to inform somebody.

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“It’s a well-known secret in Westminster about who to avoid and the parties need to act on these rumours before the perpetrators drag everyone down with them,” she instructed Sky News.

And one other of the get together’s MPs mentioned she had heard quite a few complaints from ladies concerning his behaviour, telling Sky News: “He’s certainly made me feel uncomfortable over the years… just always standing too close and being weird.”

Allegations of sexual harassment towards Mr Davies first surfaced in an article from Politico on Thursday morning.

He has not responded to any of Sky News’ requests for a press release, however concerning their claims, he instructed the web site: “I don’t recognise the allegations suggested and do not know who has made them. None of them, as far as I know, has been lodged as complaints with the Labour Party or parliament.

“If I’ve inadvertently triggered offence to anybody, then I’m naturally sorry as it will be important that we share an surroundings of mutual and equal respect for all.”

Labour suspended the MP from the get together and urged those that had been impacted by his behaviour to make a proper grievance so they might perform an investigation.

But Sky News has seen proof suggesting the get together’s whips’ workplace, liable for the welfare of Labour MPs, had been instructed in regards to the allegations months in the past.

‘Openly boast about bringing escorts’

Speaking to Sky News after the get together suspended Mr Davies, one Labour MP mentioned: “He would openly boast about bringing escorts and prostitutes onto the terrace and show them off.”

They mentioned get together officers had warned him to cease doing it, however no formal complaints had been made towards him, including: “They can’t take any action over hearsay.”

The claims had been backed up by a Labour peer from the House of Lords, who noticed him on the terrace with younger ladies, and mentioned there was all the time discuss of him “favouring Eastern Europeans”.

The MP described Mr Davies, who represents Swansea West, as “a wrong ‘un” and “a sleazy man”, saying: “He would look you up and down, make lewd comments and touch you around the waist when he came up behind you.”

They mentioned they and their colleagues had been happy the allegations had come to gentle, including: “It is something he does to everyone. It is not unusual; it is just the pattern of his behaviour.

“He is without doubt one of the folks that when individuals are new, they’re instructed ‘do not be alone with him, he is a flawed ‘un’, and warned away from him.”

But they mentioned they’d sympathy with get together officers, who they claimed couldn’t act with out formal complaints being made.