Monday 6th November

The Westminster Sex Scandal seems to know no boundaries – almost.  No party leader has so far been accused of any impropriety….but you never know.  It seems that the press are suddenly free to publish anything, secrets they have had tucked away for years are now being wheeled out with impunity.  I was quite surprised that Michael Fallon found himself in the firing line.  He didn’t last long.  Both he and Mrs. May must have known that other allegations were a headline away and he fell (or was pushed) onto his sword before you could say Heath (oops…Freudian slip there).

But now the net is closing on Damien Green, effectively the Deputy Prime Minister.  He is the oldest ally of Theresa, and watches her back – shielding her from the knives of Boris and Gove.  If he goes she will be even more vulnerable.  To lose one Senior Minister to a Sex Scandal is careless, to lose two…..

I do not know if the Police did actually find pornographic material on his office computer.  That almost isn’t the point these days.  The allegation is almost enough in this febrile environment.  No smoke without fire springs to mind.  There is no doubt that Mrs. May will try to save him, but it all depends how much further this story has to run.  If he now becomes the story and is on the Front page for a week or so he will have to go,  Exactly where that will leave this wounded limping Government is anyone’s guess.

There is also yesterday’s release of the ‘Paradise papers’ and the Lord Ashcroft connection.  Why are we even surprised that the rich and famous are hiding their money from the taxman?   But as more and more detail emerges in this age of ‘Austerity’the Tory brand is becoming more and more toxic by the hour.

MacMillan warned that the most dangerous thing in politics was “Events, dear boy, events.”.