Although we expect them, rightly, to behave to a higher standard, they are not immune to lapses of judgment. But to see such a flagrant disregard towards the norms of acceptable behaviour – to think that viewing explicit images in the Commons would in any way be acceptable – that marks a new low.
That online porn, together with the culture of misogynist abuse, violence and general depravity that surrounds it, is now considered by many to be a ‘normal’ part of daily life.
