How long does it take for a politician to resign? Well I sometimes wonder whether it takes as long as it takes for the press to get the stories that may, or may not, be true.
I am not one to preach that any human being, let alone a politician, is perfect. But when you start abusing your position to give some advantage over others as a means of impressing those who you want impress then I think there is an issue. I could not care less who a Home Secretary sleeps with but a politician runs into difficulty when he seeks advantage for either a member of his family or another. In reality what is the differnece betwen an MP who pursues a visa case for a constutuent and what Blunkett has done; probably not much except that not all MP's are Home Secretary!
Should a politician be entitled to a private life? Maybe his family is entitled to it but should those who choose to put themselves in the public eye complain when it goes wrong?
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