The Boy-Boobs David (Cameron) almost came out (of his starter bra) at weekend when he refused to deny having a toke while at Eton. I doubt it will persuade me to vote conservative but I was glad to hear it all the same.
The prurient interest the media has taken in recent decades in the youthful follies of our politicians has served nobody in fact it has probably lowered the standard of recruits to parliament by scaring off those who have gathered enough life experience to actually understand the realities of the modern world.
All of us who reach the age of forty without having joined “the undead” of suburbia will have done things we would rather were not public knowledge even though privately we might be quite proud of them (yes Liz, I’ll bet your hubby has still never seen that birthmark in your groin.) Why should we require politicians to be different. One of the great political truths is that it is difficult to keep your fingers in the till while dipping your wick (why do I suspect Tony Blair has never been unfaithful?) so a little bad behaviour in the past could work in our favour.
I propose that in future all prospective Prime Ministers she be required to have on their CV:
At least one inappropriate love affair
A minor criminal offence
Several embarrassing incidents involving drink / drugs / trousers