Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill says he was scapegoated
What a starnge and complex world we live in.
This is a thing apparently. Dirty old men trying to get pix of womens undercarriage.The bill to make it an offence was blocked by an old perv.
The Conservative MP Christopher Chope has said he was scapegoated for blocking a bill to make upskirting a specific criminal offence, saying he supports the bill and only objected to it for procedural reasons.
Chope, who has regularly obstructed private members’ bills in the past, has faced vehement criticism, including from other Tory MPs, for delaying the voyeurism (offences) bill on upskirting – the surreptitious taking of sexually intrusive images.
In an interview with his local newspaper, the MP for Christchurch said he was “a bit sore about being scapegoated over this”.
He told the Bournemouth Echo: “The suggestion that I am some kind of pervert is a complete travesty of the truth. It’s defamatory of my character, and it’s very depressing some of my colleagues have been perpetuating that in the past 48 hours.”
Theresa May promised on Sunday that the government would take on the upskirting bill, which was put forward by the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse after a campaign by Gina Martin.
Do you have laws on this in the US ?
What a starnge and complex world we live in.
This is a thing apparently. Dirty old men trying to get pix of womens undercarriage.The bill to make it an offence was blocked by an old perv.
The Conservative MP Christopher Chope has said he was scapegoated for blocking a bill to make upskirting a specific criminal offence, saying he supports the bill and only objected to it for procedural reasons.
Chope, who has regularly obstructed private members’ bills in the past, has faced vehement criticism, including from other Tory MPs, for delaying the voyeurism (offences) bill on upskirting – the surreptitious taking of sexually intrusive images.
In an interview with his local newspaper, the MP for Christchurch said he was “a bit sore about being scapegoated over this”.
He told the Bournemouth Echo: “The suggestion that I am some kind of pervert is a complete travesty of the truth. It’s defamatory of my character, and it’s very depressing some of my colleagues have been perpetuating that in the past 48 hours.”
Theresa May promised on Sunday that the government would take on the upskirting bill, which was put forward by the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse after a campaign by Gina Martin.
Do you have laws on this in the US ?