Two cabinet ministers in bed with a top footballer
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That was twenty years ago. I actually went out to buy a scurrilous, small circulation rag to read about the alleged “story”. Lawyers were apparently working shifts on Saturday nights then, ready to fend off the News of the Screws, should they attempt to publish the “story”.
Now it seems a Cabinet Minister is similarly having to ready the lawyers. No prizes for guessing who the cabinet minister in question is. You could get the answer with about 10 seconds of googling.
Is the dead tree press getting desperate?
We have no right to know about this sort of thing unless it is both a) true and b) involves some real form of public interest criteria, such as expense irregularities.
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We have no right to know about this sort of thing unless it is both a) true and b) involves some real form of public interest criteria, such as expense irregularities.
Hear hear! Try telling that to the Daily Mailograph, though.
Oh, and I can’t help thinking that your choice of title will get you into the Golden Dozen on the basis of click-throughs from Lib Dem Blogs
“Oh, and I can’t help thinking that your choice of title will get you into the Golden Dozen on the basis of click-throughs from Lib Dem Blogs
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That was obviously the last thing on my mind when I wrote the title.