No, not John Bercow, silly, Mike Weatherley, one of David Cameron’s fresh breed of ambitious MPs, a veritable pillar of the community in his seaside constituency of Hove and Portslade. Well, apparently you can shag his missus for seventy quid. Twice-married Mr Weatherley [he should be able to sniff 'em out by now - Ed] met Carla ten years ago while on a "business" trip to Rio de Janeiro, where, sources say, she was already selling herself for sex [born to be a Tory wife - Ed].
But she doesn't look like a prostitute at all
Mike and Carla started a relationship and the smitten father-of-three is believed to have bought Carla, fourteen years his junior, an apartment in the exclusive Copacabana beach area [not short of a bob or two then or is that his second home? - Ed]. Then Mr Weatherley - who lists Rio as his favourite holiday destination and is a member of the all-party MPs' group on Brazil - moved Carla to the UK. They wed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2003. The marriage certificate gives her occupation as housewife. And initially, lorry driver’s daughter Carla successfully put her sex-for-sale past behind her.
But by February, as her husband prepared for a rigorous election campaign, she had slipped back into the sex industry. And when the Daily Mirror's reporter visited her at a South London massage parlour on Friday she offered to perform a list of sex acts, before stripping off and dancing naked [she's talented then - Ed]. During the encounter the tattooed blonde, who also goes by her middle name Adriana, revealed that she plies her trade in two other brothels.
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The disclosure will cause acute discomfort to Mr Weatherley who has been trying to get into Parliament since 2001, claiming former hardline Tory Sir Keith Joseph is his hero. During the build-up to the election, he took Carla to a number of political functions in the Hove and Portslade constituency where they have a flat together. The seat was a “must-win” from Labour for Mr Cameron, who is proudly pictured with Mr Weatherley on the MP’s personal website.
Mr Weatherley, who said in a recent interview that if he became well-known he wanted it to be for “political success rather than gaffes”, successfully ousted Labour’s Celia Barlow with a majority of 1,868. Two months ago, a beaming Carla posed happily outside the Houses of Parliament. One photo shows her inside the Commons - where she would have rubbed shoulders with Cabinet ministers and senior MPs. Tory strategists have been keen to talk up Mr Weatherley as one of a “new breed” of modern, family-orientated Tories, far removed from the sleaze which dogged the party in its last years in government under John Major.
But on Friday at 4pm, the Daily Mirror found Carla working at Sutton Angels Massage Parlour in South London, just a short train ride from Westminster’s corridors of power. After knocking on the side door of a rundown semi opposite a scout hut on a busy residential street, their reporter was ushered into a front bedroom by the brothel’s maid. Within minutes, smiling Carla walked in to the room in pink lingerie and introduced herself as “Bea”. She then recited a price list, “£30 for hand relief, £40 for oral sex with a condom followed by sex and £70 for oral sex without a condom followed by full sex with a condom”.
After making herself comfortable on the bed she told how she used to live by Copacabana beach and moved to the UK to learn English. She then spoke about the other two brothels where she works, nearby North Cheam Massage and Intimate Massage in Bedford. She said: “I started working in Bedford in February, but it is very far away. Here we have two houses, this one and one in Cheam. And I work there at the moment. I cover for my friend because she’s on holiday. I work Thursday there and Friday here. Then, when she is back, I will work Mondays. Thursdays here, Mondays there.”
When asked whether she minded selling her body Carla replied: “I like it here, nice clients, nice people, nice place and good money.” She asked the reporter: “Are you sure you don’t want to take your clothes off and have a massage?” She also offered to do a striptease and started to take her clothes off. Once naked she lunged forwards – at which point the reporter left [haha! right - Ed]. Over the next two hours the Daily Mirror saw three customers arrive and leave. At 7.40pm, Carla emerged from the brothel and jumped on a bus. Yesterday, she was working in Bedford under the name Bianca.
Mr Weatherley first stood as a Parliamentary candidate in 2001 in the safe Labour seat of Barking in East London. In 2003 he unsuccessfully contested a council ward in Brighton and Hove and in the 2005 General Election he lost to Labour’s David Lepper when he stood as Tory candidate for Brighton Pavilion. Later that year he secured a seat on Crawley Council before being selected by Hove Conservatives as their prospective MP. And when voters went to the polls in May he finally achieved his ambition, winning with a 36.7 per cent share of the vote.
In his maiden speech to Parliament, Mr Weatherley, who used to work as a finance director for music mogul Pete Waterman’s group of businesses, pledged he would be the first member to wear an Iron Maiden T-shirt in the Commons. He used to have a number of business interests in Brazil, including an accountancy role in a now defunct company called Brazilian Property Management Ltd. When they met, sources say Carla was already working as a prostitute in Rio, although there is nothing to suggest Mr Weatherley knew. After the wedding they initially lived in Seaford, east of Brighton, with two of Mr Weatherley’s children. Until 1999 he had lived there with his ex-wife Anne.
In 2006 the couple moved to a house in Crawley, West Sussex, before Mr Weatherley bought a flat in Hove. Carla returned to Brazil for two years, but in October 2009 Mr Weatherley asked her to return ahead of the election. Mr Weatherley last night said he was unaware his wife is a prostitute saying: “Oh no. It’s a bit of a shock. We separated in February and I had absolutely no idea at all. We’ve kept in touch and have lunch together every week so we’re still good friends.
“That’s a horrible shock... thank you for letting me know.”
