A Labour MP, Geraint Davies, has been suspended from the party after being accused of sexual harassment. The allegations against Davies include unwanted sexual attention, both verbal and physical. One of the women who has made an allegation against Davies is an MP, and another was just 19 years old at the time of the incident.
Davies has denied the allegations, saying that he did not recognize them and that if he had "inadvertently caused offence to anyone, then I am naturally sorry." However, two other Labour politicians, one MP and one peer, have told Sky News that it was "well-known" in Westminster that Davies would take sex workers to one of the Commons' bars and "show them off" on the terrace outside.
The allegations against Davies have raised serious concerns about the culture of Parliament and the way in which sexual harassment is dealt with. The Labour Party has said that it will take the allegations "very seriously" and that it will investigate them thoroughly.
If the allegations against Davies are proven to be true, he would be the latest in a long line of politicians to have been accused of sexual harassment. In recent years, there has been a growing movement to expose and challenge sexual harassment, and the allegations against Davies are a reminder that this is still a very real problem.