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Sexual harassment scandals rattle British political elite
8-11-2017
Sex scandals are rampant amongst the highest political circles in the UK resulting in the resignation of a number of ministers. To this effect, Prime Minister Theresa May met on Monday with heads of political parties to set a new grievance system at the House of Representatives to combat sexual harassment. In this respect, Al Diyar newspaper, citing AFP, reported that Labor Party MP Kelvin Hopkins (76) has been suspended from his position over allegations of harassment of a young female Party activist, who said she initially complained about this inappropriate behavior to no avail. To recall, Hopkins is the second Labor Party MP to get suspended after Jared O’mara who posted sexist and homophobic comments on online forums few years ago. Similarly, sexual harassment charges last week forced British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon to quit, along with two others, deputy prime minister, Damian Green for alleged sexual advances towards young female journalist, and the minister of state for international trade, Mark Garnier, who are now under investigation. (Al Diyar, November 8, 2017)
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