Readers may be forgiven for thinking I am sex obsessed, or atleast obsessed with the sex lives of Tories, yet recently there has just been an abundance of material I just need to share with the people! It is not my fault that the Tories want their delegates at conference to go to gentlemen’s clubs, or that two councillors in Wolves ran a brothel in their home, and it is certainly not my fault that Mark Clarke (former Tory Future Chair and Tooting PPC) is being accused of certain caddish activities.
His ex-girlfriend, who incidentally has nothing to gain or lose, has told the Mail that he’s not fit to be an MP, I would have thought being a Tory would confirm such allegations but she provides some good reasons as well. One of the most striking allegations is that he was once given a night with a prostitute as a present by an ex-girlfriend. This is strange as it contradicts his own personal campaign to oust prostitution in Tooting. Reference to this campaign has been removed from his website, except for this press release.
There have been suggestions for Clarke to stand down, I think this would be highly damaging to the red team. Having typical Tories like Mark is good for Labour and the country. It is vitally important that we consistently remind people just who the Tories really are behind all their rhetoric of change and hope!
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Yes sleaze is bad but I don’t like the idea that in order to win we have to point out these sorts of activities unless, like in this case, they’re clearly hypocritical re: the stop prostitution campaign.
Sordid dealings speak for themselves and there’s a plethora of media outlets for stories about sex dungeons and visits to ladies of the night that don’t mean we have to go all playground. I think its important that people can read stories like this about their representatives and major figures within the margins of various convention rights (I’d post a link to the Max Mosely judgement if I could find it which is as oddly hilarious as it is informative) but I’d argue it’s not the best idea to get into it on a party political level. I just think it’s better to let the Tories do whatever shuffling, sideways glancing and polite coughing they need to do as it speaks volumes and that Labour just gets on with it.
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