Quaint

[poliphilo]

Mark Oaten, a politician none of us had heard of until the week before last (when he briefly stood as a candidate in the Lib-Dem leadership election) has been visiting a rent boy on a regular basis. The media quaintly describe this as an "affair". Oaten equally quaintly describes it as an "error of judgement".

Even quainter is Oaten's characterisation of himself as a "tough liberal". I wonder if this is the same thing as a "compassionate conservative"? I expect it is.

And that both are much the same thing as an "opportunist".

Comments

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Rent Boy?? I have an idea what it might mean, but I'd rather be sure...

[ex-kharin447.livejournal.com]

"Even quainter is Oaten's characterisation of himself as a "tough liberal". I wonder if this is the same thing as a "compassionate conservative"?"

You may be right but I do get tired of liberals being painted as soft on crime whne they question measures which are obviously detrimental to civil liberties but have a poorly defined relation to effective policing.

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was confused by their terminology - haven't read much about it, but I'd assumed that if he was having "an affair" with the bloke, he wasn't paying him?