WILL Smith’s outburst earlier this week at the Oscars has led to Chancellor Rishi Sunak drawing parallels between himself and the movie star.

Speaking about the incident at the Academy Awards, Sunak said: “Not the best of weekends … but I feel on reflection both Will Smith and me having our wives attacked – at least I didn’t get up and slap anyone, which is good.”

The criticism of Sunak's wife, Akshata Murthy, comes after the discovery that she owns a 0.91 per cent stake in investment firm Infosys.

The firm is still operating in Russia, helping in part to prop up the struggling Russian economy in their ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Although Sunak has claimed that neither he, his wife, nor her family members were involved in the “operational decisions of the company”, the revelation has still led the chancellor of the exchequer to come under scrutiny in parliament.

Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison has invited Will Smith to speak to a parliamentary group that raises awareness of the dangers involved in one-blow assaults.

The MP, whose father died when she was only 13 due to a one-blow assault in 2007 has expressed her disdain for the incident.

Her request for the actor to speak to the one-punch group comes after Smith stormed the stage of the Oscars ceremony and smacked comedian and presenter Chris Rock.

The viral incident happened following a joke which centred around Smith’s wife’s alopecia condition.

Davison has condemned the public altercation, stating in a letter that she posted on Twitter that she was “very disappointed” seeing him use his “substantial platform, not for good, but the promotion of violence”.

Somerset MP David Warburton has come under heightened scrutiny following allegations of cocaine use and sexual misconduct.

Warburton, the conservative MP for Somerton and Frome, has had the whip withdrawn and is not allowed to sit as a Conservative MP during the ongoing investigation.

Claims involving “bullying, harassment and/ or sexual misconduct” are being handled by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) following apparent allegations from at least three separate women.

Warburton who strongly denies any wrongdoing has stated that he has “enormous amounts of defence” but went on to say “unfortunately the way that things work means that (the defence) doesn’t come out first.

Warburton has since deleted his Twitter account, and on Sunday was reportedly admitted to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for shock and stress.

The accusations of unwanted sexual comments, sexual touching and use of cocaine, have been described as “out of character” by the MP’s brother-in-law.

Written by Ollie Whiting