Shadow armed forced minister Luke Pollard warns 'predators' working in Westminster have made it dangerous for young staffers, as he branded the House of Commons ‘the most unprofessional workplace’ he has ever encountered.
Predators working in Westminster have made it dangerous for young staffers, a shadow minister has warned, as he branded the Commons ‘the most unprofessional workplace’ he has ever encountered.politicsThe shadow armed forces minister also hit out at the conduct of MPs in the lower chamber, which he said has been allowed to become a ‘bear pit’ where people are ‘deliberately shouted down’.
Mr Pollard, who recently announced he would be stepping back from politics temporarily after being diagnosed with skin cancer, told GB News: ‘I don’t think Westminster is a safe place to work, especially for many of the young members of staff that MPs employ. ‘Westminster should embody the very best of our country. It should be a place that people aspire to get elected to and then want to change the world from a position of strength. And I’m afraid that at the moment I sometimes feel Westminster lets the rest of the country down.’He added: ‘I think we let far too many of them down, and that’s because we don’t have a robust system that protects victims. We don’t have a culture that challenges it.
His constituency office has been vandalised on two occasions, including one incident involving offensive graffiti.
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