Rebecca More's 'Sex Tour of England' Angers U.K. Politicians

BIRMINGHAM, UK—The U.S. may have had its "World's Biggest Gangbang" three or four times, but over in the United Kingdom, they have to settle for "Sex Tours," and U.K. porn star Rebecca More's started in Birmingham on Friday—and British politicians are none too happy about it. By contrast, Tanya Tate's Sex Tour of Ireland five years ago doesn't seem to have raised nearly the ire being directed at More—though in 2012, the University College Dublin did cancel Tate's speaking engagement before the College's Literary and Historical Society for no stated reason. More's tour is more of a contest, and the participants will soon find themselves cablecast on the U.K.'s Television X channel, not to mention will likely appear on a DVD featuring the hottest contestants, but that hasn't stopped (and in fact may have encouraged) several British tabloids from labeling her "the scourge of society," "shameless" and "sordid." More's sexual partners were chosen from among the thousands of entrants—more than 2K from Birmingham alone—who scanned bar codes prominently featured in Television X's full-page ads in those very same shaming tabloids, and anyone can follow the tour's progress by checking Twitter for posts with the hashtag #DoRebecca. According to an article on The Daily Beast, More scooped up 20 Birmingham locals with whom to have sex in her oversized van, including Matthew Phelan (pictured with More), who afterwards tweeted, "Of course I was on the van we had a fun day." The tour continued Saturday in Manchester, Sunday in Leeds, and in a day or so, it will arrive in London's Camden borough, where Green Party Councillor Sian Berry opined to the press that, "It sounds horrible. It does not sound like the sort of thing we would want in Camden." Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood had a similar reaction. "It obviously sends out the message that this kind of thing goes on in Birmingham," Mahmood stated to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Mail. "That's not the right message for the city to send out and it creates a negative image of Birmingham. We can't confront what happens in a van, but I would urge the local authority to ensure that it doesn't in any way affect our communities and young people." More's also been tweeting about the event, and she can be followed here.