The power of sleaze
HERE is a summary of what has happened in Britain's election campaign over the past week. One Tory “indiscretion”, homosexual: perpetrator quit. One ditto, heterosexual: perpetrator refuses to quit. One ditto, financial: perpetrator quit. Another ditto: perpetrator refuses to quit. Oh, and one other thing: the parties published the manifestos which spell out how they want to run the country over the next five years.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The power of sleaze”
From the April 5th 1997 edition
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