Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
poliphilo: (corinium)
[personal profile] poliphilo
Lord McAlpine is dropping his threat to sue the world. I imagine he was advised he was making a fool of himself. He will, however, be going ahead with his action against Sally Bercow.  I predict he'll lose. Meanwhile a much bigger- but related- scandal is about to break. According to insiders  the police will shortly be arresting one of McAlpine's former colleagues- a veteran of the Thatcher years and one of the grandest of Tory grandees-  on charges of child abuse and child rape. The people who protected this man and kept him in gainful employment (many of them currently in government) must be working very hard right now on their alibis and excuses. "It wasn't me; it was my PPS and he acted entirely without my authority."

Date: 2013-02-22 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
John Profumo might disagree with you! :o)

No one ever tells the rest of the story though- how he spent the rest of a long life atoning for that stupid act by charitable deeds and acts.........................

Date: 2013-02-22 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Profumo had little choice. He was found to have lied to Parliament.

But, yes, he made good use of the rest of his life.

Profile

poliphilo: (Default)
poliphilo

January 2026

S M T W T F S
     1 23
4 5 6 7 8 910
1112 13 14 15 16 17
18 192021222324
25262728293031

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Page generated Jan. 19th, 2026 11:52 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios