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It's a scandal! Illicit sex, spying, embezzlement, perjury and murder conspiracies — from Profumo to Jeremy Thorpe, why are politicians so very self-destructive? - Daily Mail


Author Theo Barclay collates a series of political resignations in a new book "Fighters and Quitters"
Perhaps the funniest story in this book concerns the plight of Lord Lambton, Minister for the Royal Air Force, who, using the alias ‘Mr Lucas’, visited call girls in Maida Vale in London.
His marriage was disintegrating, not least because his wife, Bindy, after she left hospital having broken both legs go-karting, ‘drove the wrong way down the A1 and veered straight into the path of a lorry’. Nearly every bone was shattered.
In Maida Vale, a tabloid newspaper, tipped off by Lambton’s pimp, concealed tape recorders and cameras in the walls and ‘inside a teddy bear on the bed’. Photographs were passed to the police, who were upset to see Lambton smoking cannabis. Upon being cautioned, Lambton said that ‘the sheer tedium of his ministerial job’ had driven him into the arms of prostitutes.
‘Surely all men visit whores?’ he asked an incredulous Robin Day in a television interview.
Lambton moved to Italy and held spectacular parties where Tony Blair and Kate Moss were among his illustrious guests.


Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity - The New Yorker
One woman’s account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.

Politicians urge ‘buddy system’ in wake of hooker scandal - New York Post
In the wake of a hooker scandal that forced one Utah lawmaker to resign, the state’s politicians are now urging members to use a “buddy system” to prevent being entrapped by a “honeypot.”
“We feel like it’s appropriate at this time to put everybody on alert there may be people with malintent [sic] that are trying to, for money, try to put us in a situation,” Republican Senate President Wayne Niederhauser said in a meeting with reporters and Senate leadership on Friday, referring to call girl Brie Taylor’s claims to the DailyMail that GOP Rep. Jon Stanard paid her for sex twice, Fox 13 in Salt Lake City reported.
The warning from the state’s House of Representatives came after a Republican lawmaker claimed on Friday that a manipulative maneater tried to lure him into a hotel room the night before at the same place where Taylor claimed Stanard met her for sex, the outlet reported.

Australia bans sexual relations between ministers and staff - Financial Times
‘Barnababy’ scandal involving deputy PM prompts change to ministerial code of conduct
Oxfam sets out reforms to ‘stamp out’ staff sexual misconduct - Financial Times
Charity director says Haiti prostitutes scandal ‘will shame us for years’
Why Sex Scandals Persist In The Humanitarian Aid World - NPR

Why Trump's Playboy Playmate sex scandal is just another ho-hum day in his presidency - Los Angeles Times

Trump Administration Sued Over Ending Funding Of Teen Pregnancy Programs - NPR
Several Planned Parenthood chapters and other groups involved in prevention of teen pregnancy are suing the administration for halting funding for their programs.
White House's Kelly tightens security clearance procedures post-scandal - Reuters
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, under pressure to act, strengthened the process for security clearances for President Donald Trump’s aides on Friday in response to a scandal involving a former official accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives.
Max Mosley threatens to sue papers over orgy story under data laws - The Guardian
Former Formula One boss says references to ‘private party’ breach Data Protection Act
Leave sex ed to the experts, not fear-mongering politicians - The Star
"The sex-ed curriculum should be about facts, not teaching liberal ideology," Tory leadership candidate Doug Ford said recently. Of course the curriculum is about facts. It’s also disappointingly lacking in liberal ideology. Read it and yawn because it is positively unsalacious


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