Now I'm sure most readers of this Blog read The Guardian, but just in case you missed the Guardian Diary today, I thought I'd share this with you...When one has recently been obliged to stand down as home affairs spokesman owing to a regrettable tabloid to-do over three-way kinky sex romps with male prostitutes, one must, we understand, seek consolation where one can. But we are a tad surprised to learn, from the usual impeccable source, that the Sunday Times is about to reveal to a breathlessly waiting world the full inside story on quite what Lib Dem MP Mark Oaten thought he was doing. In recent weeks, after all, readers of that traditionally tolerant uber-rag have enjoyed Jeremy Clarkson quipping he'd "rather climb inside Mark Oaten than inside a Kia Rio", Jasper Gerard jazzing on Jesus getting "sniggers normally endured only by Mark Oaten", and a "big party donor" denouncing the member for Winchester as "a very untrustworthy character". Still, we're sure Mr Oaten's bank balance has made absolutely the right decision - and delighted the ST has made such a sound investment. As far as we can see, our man's full and reasoned explanation for the whole painful episode boils down to the fact that he'd just turned 40 and was losing his hair.
Has the man gone completely mad?
4 comments:
Oh dear. Surely if Oaten really wants to open his mouth about this he should change the language he uses, dramatically. I think it would be better if he just said that he had a mental break down and was confused, etc, rather than say "I turned 40 and was losing my hair."
Better still he should take your advice Iain and shut up.
He is probably taking the view that he cannot possibly face any more ridicule than he already does, so he might as well get paid for his troubles.
On the other hand, he might just be a deluded politician.
Enough of them around these days.
Then again his wife just sprawled all over her furniture for OK or Hello magazine. Obviously he thinks he is going to get deselected and out of a job soon......
Not only does he eat it: he speaks it too!
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