As I came into Parliament last Thursday, I swung by the newspaper stand to take a brief look at the headlines. ‘Oxford Union president, 21, arrested on suspicion of rape and attempted rape,’ said one. My heart sank. A photo of the beaming Oxford Union president, Ben Sullivan, dominated the front page in his swanky dinner jacket.
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Nigel Evans is MP for Ribble Valley and a former Deputy Speaker in the Commons; last month he was tried on charges of sexual assault and acquitted.
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