Turbulent few days for UK Liberals

[T_i_B]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4636068.stm

In the space of just a fortnight, the Liberal Democrat party has lost its leader due to drink and been pitched into a sex scandal.

The two events may be wholly unrelated, but they are bound to have a significant impact on the party as it attempts to hold on to its historically strong Commons standing and see off the latest assaults from a renewed Tory party.

The removal of former leader Charles Kennedy, with his confession of a drink problem, appears to have already damaged the party. Not primarily, it seems, because of Mr Kennedy's troubles, but more because of the way his colleagues brought him down.

Now its home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten - who only stood down as a leadership candidate days ago - has quit the frontbench over newspaper allegations about an affair with a rent boy.

[xchrom]

1. isn't that what rent boys are for? affairs?

where's the scandal? or do i misunderstand the purpose?

[T_i_B]

2. The MP in question is married

MP's (especially married ones) having affairs with prostitutes does constitute a scandal I'm afraid. Plus he's home affairs spokesman for his party, so a fondness for male or female whores in that position is never a good thing. If you don't like that then you can always write a letter of complaint to the News of the World I suppose. :eyes:

[Greeby]

3. Oh well

At least noone can accuse the Lib Dems of being boring anymore ;)

[T_i_B]

4. Where's Jeremy Thorpe when you need him?

:shrug: