Scandals Old And New
Nov. 24th, 2012 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe Mail leads with allegations of sex abuse against Cyril Smith. They're only thirty years too late. What I can't work out is whether this is a subtle way of drawing attention to unmentionable scandals about living politicians or of deflecting it. The Mail suggests that successive governments- Labour and Tory- protected Big Cyril in order to keep the Liberals sweet. Are Mail readers saying "Ooh, weren't the 70s awful!" or asking themselves whether something similar may not be going on today?
The establishment would much rather we oohed and aahed about Smith than show any curiosity about ****** or ******** or ****** ****** but they must wonder whether it's in their interests to keep the topic in the headlines. How long will the public be content to mumble over dry old bones when there are fresh ones for the picking?
The establishment would much rather we oohed and aahed about Smith than show any curiosity about ****** or ******** or ****** ****** but they must wonder whether it's in their interests to keep the topic in the headlines. How long will the public be content to mumble over dry old bones when there are fresh ones for the picking?
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