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Old 30-05-2010, 21:43   #75
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Re: David Laws has resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Originally Posted by LondonRoad View Post
I find it very disappointing that in this day and age a corrupt politician tries to use his sexuality as an excuse. I mean ffs who didn't know, or at least suspect, that he was gay.

That was not important in the least. As a taxpayer there have been worse thieves working in the House of P. but a crook's a crook.

In this ,allegedly, new open political environment I find it even more disappointing that the PM and his deputy have been so supportive.
By all accounts David Laws is a very private man, & he kept his sexuality & his relationship with Mr Lundie a secret from everyone including his friends & family.

If he was "corrupt" or a "crook" as you allege, and if it was about the money & not his sexuality or his privacy, then why didn't he come out & declare his relationship officially, given that he would then have been able to claim far more money than he actually did? Or why didn't he "flip" his second-home designation to be his constituency home, and claim far more money than he actually did?
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