Sorry – on a current affairs roll here….but just feel a brief mention required about William Hague’s extraordinary personal statement about not being gay. I do feel sorry for him but WHAT WAS HE THINKING?? I don’t think many of us were aware of the cybergossip and his decision to release a statement has made it FAR worse.
Here is the difference – last week there was a picture in the paper of the Foreign Secretary and his new special adviser. My observations were along the lines of “hmm, why does he wear that dreadful baseball hat and mmm doesn’t the young Mr Myers look cool – jeans and pointy blue shoes, aviators and hair”. That was about it. Simple thoughts. Now the same picture is being printed and I’m looking at it in an entirely different light – young, sexy new aide looking lovingly at William and yes, now you come to mention it they do look a bit camp and did they share a room together? ….
It’s like the bit in Ali G when the politician was accused of having sex with a horse and he goes down a ridiculous path of denial – all about falling in front of the horse accidentally at the same time as .. you get the picture.
TOO MUCH INFORMATION. The rumours have gone from a smattering of anonymous internet users to the front pages of every newspaper – probably of interest worldwide and now we all know about what he hasn’t been doing.
And why has Christopher Myers resigned if he’s done nothing wrong?
Odd.
September 3rd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I’m completely baffled by this too and would have not known what he was denying until he released that statement. As you say, way too much information. He has made the situation so much worse for himself and I wonder why as he’s an intelligent man. Perhaps he on the verge of quitting politics. There has to be more to this story.