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MP: I WAS OFFERED [pounds sterling]10,000 TO HAVE SEX; Oona King reveals indecent proposal by Labour man.
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The Evening Standard (London, England)
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December 8, 2004
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Byline: PAUL WAUGH;ISABEL OAKESHOTT
A LABOUR MP today reveals that she was once offered [pounds sterling]10,000 to have sex with a British Euro MP.
Oona King, 37, said her Labour colleague made the offer when she was a junior assistant in the European Parliament.
The MP for Bethnal Green and Bow told the man to "go to hell" but he faced no disciplinary action.
The hunt for the identity of the man was under way today but Ms King refused to name him. The revelation came after research showed that women politicians had been subject to sexist remarks and bullying since 1997.
The huge influx of Labour women MPs in the landslide victory led to the nickname ...
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