[Margaret Pilkington]

at the moment there seems to be no end of pathetic excuses for doing things which show the politician/Celebrity/ex Royal in bad light.
Prezza....he did it for Pauline( I wonder if he thought about her so carefully when he was bonking some young blonde thing from his office)
Sarah Ferguson........she had been drinking(er....she didn't sound drunk on the video......I have never been so drunk that my critical faculties about what is right or wrong, deserted me.......aah, but as Jaysay observed, I have led a sheltered life).
David Laws.....well he did it to protect his privacy......how does that work then?
You wouldn't automatically think that the landlord of your accommodation was your lover......or would you? And he only 'fessed' up because he was about to be sussed by a daily newspaper.
Personally, I don't care about this man and his bedroom habits......but I do care that he thought he could steal/defraud/embezzle money from the tax payer......Especially as he really didn't need the money, having had a lucrative career that allowed him to retire as a millionaire at the age of 28.
He might be academically clever, but he was pretty dumb to think that he would not get caught out.