There must be a heck of a lot of bad MPs if the criteria for a good one is not cheating. Some of the stuff we've heard of in recent years makes Keith Vas's shenanigans pale by comparison.
Late last night I was watching a television programme about the 1990s and it featured the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky business. I didn't and don't dislike Bill Clinton but what particularly struck me was him denying having sexual contact with the girl, over and over again. Then he tried to wriggle by saying he didn't do it, she did
. After it died down Monica Lewinsky, who had only been 22 at the time, was reviled by all and sundry in America.
Keith Vas has not denied anything and has apologised. Points to him for that.
Everyone has weaknesses. Keith Vas is obviously quite conflicted and has tried very hard to be a good husband and father but he has a stressful job and weaknesses rear their heads under stress. It could have been drink, or a woman with whom he had a brief affair, or gambling, but it was prostitutes. Very, very sad for him and his family and I sincerely hope the press will not hound him. He is being punished enough.
