Oh, I don't have any particular sympathy for them, except for that vague smidge of general sympathy I have for people who are closeted or in denial. (That's assuming they are in some way sexually/romantically involved, which does seem likely.) But the money and the influence-peddling is pure sleaze, I agree.
Oliver Letwin was dumping work papers in a park litter bin, though
Yeah, that's a headscratcher. When I heard about that I thought "I've heard that name before" and discovered that Julian Barnes wrote about him during the 1992 election, when he had the misfortune to be running against Glenda Jackson for the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate. Barnes, who's definitely not a fan of the Tories, made him sound quite intelligent and thoughtful, not the sort of person to end up dumping sensitive papers in a public bin. (Maybe Fox gave so much money to Werritty that now the Tories can't afford shredders?)
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Date: 2011-10-22 04:40 pm (UTC)Oliver Letwin was dumping work papers in a park litter bin, though
Yeah, that's a headscratcher. When I heard about that I thought "I've heard that name before" and discovered that Julian Barnes wrote about him during the 1992 election, when he had the misfortune to be running against Glenda Jackson for the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate. Barnes, who's definitely not a fan of the Tories, made him sound quite intelligent and thoughtful, not the sort of person to end up dumping sensitive papers in a public bin. (Maybe Fox gave so much money to Werritty that now the Tories can't afford shredders?)