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Originally Posted by punky
I thought it was clear when Angua made the "witch-hunting" comment. Laws admits breaching parliamentary standards, far from it being his fault, its really down to me and an army of Daily Mail/Telegraph readers trying to hound homosexuals out of public office.
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I think it's tenuous to suggest that she meant sexuality there. I perceived it as a witch-hunt against the liberal democrat side of the collation from the Tory press hostile to the idea of them influencing government policy. No one said it isn't his fault but that we should have a level of understanding on what happened, that is more complex than someone cheating on expenses.
Playing the homophobe card is wrong but attempting to portray others as using it is also wrong.
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That's as is irrelevent as his sexuality.
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Not really. Intentions are important in judging someones character. We all make mistakes but our intentions are a far better indictor of our character and likely future conduct. He didn't seek to profit from this arrangement so we can assume he is not a corrupt, thieving individual that some wish to portray him as.
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And as I said before if he really wanted to be a closetted homosexual then he shouldn't have willingly became an MP let alone a cabinet minister. Anyone with half a brain would have said that. Even going by your words "cover up" should not be used in the same sentence as an elected official.
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Sometimes people do not behave rationally on matters of sexuality, sex, and relationships. Cover-up should not be used by the way and, although he is entitled for his sexuality to never be an issue, what he did was wrong. It is very different to some previous MP's expenses though.