Supposedly, British politicians known for sex workers at their hotel during a visit to a foreign state, concerned that such behavior leaves them open to blackmail.
“The bad behavior is quite astonishing,” a senior government source told Britain’s The Times newspaper. “If a hostile state is lucky, they might get photos and they’ll make sure they know exactly what happened. And then they might get some of that.”
The sex worker’s visit may have occurred without members of parliament (MPs) knowing in advance, The Times noted.
A separate source also complained to The Times that MP visits to authoritarian countries it gave the leaders of those countries some legitimacy as “world statesmen with international friends.”
The trips are a result of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), which allow members of parliament, regardless of their party affiliation, to campaign on specific issues, often leading to visits to foreign states. The groups do not have a formal system for deciding their membership and generally do not have dedicated staff.
The Houses of Parliament in London on Friday 10th September. 23, 2022.
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However, the APPG trips have been linked to a number of other allegations, including claims that a Labor MP prefers “Russian girls” and that MPs have attended parties where older people were offered sex. youths.
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A former Conservative MP allegedly hired a sex worker while in China, prompting jokes that he had “sent a bouquet of flowers to the room”. Another former Conservative MP inquired about the nearest brothel during a visit to South East Asia.
Conservative Party MPs react as Britain’s Labor Party opposition leader Keir Starmer gestures during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons in London on April 27, 2022.
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Earlier this month, Politico investigated the APPG trips and labeled them as opportunities for parliamentarians to enjoy “sex tourism”.
Supposedly, one MP would stay after the trips ended to pursue an “interest in [local] women”, particularly “pretty young girls”.
Interior of the Chamber of the House of Commons, in the Houses of Parliament / Palace of Westminster.
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Several parliamentarians noted that some of the attendees calmly and honestly pursued the interest of the trips, but others used it as a recreational outing, Politico reported.
A former MP said one country’s government had “deep frustrations” over the “rude behaviour” of visiting MPs. “They drink and behave badly and arrogantly. They patronize their fellow politicians, no matter the people around them, the people of [the host country] and unfortunately the waiters.”
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A standards committee in the House of Commons called for greater regulation and transparency of PPP funding, calling for a reduction in the number of groups and arguing that the current scale “makes undue access and influence more likely” .
