User:Morwen/Scandals

Scandals in post-1945 Britain political life leading to the disgrace or resignation of a politician. All these are the summaries of the allegations and should not be construed as claiming they are true.


 * Alastair Campbell and the Dodgy Dossier
 * Alun Michael
 * Cecil Parkinson's kid
 * David Tredinnick who got entrapped by the Sunday Times into accepting cash-for-questions (1994)
 * David Mellor and the fucking in a chelsea football strip (1992)
 * David Willetts lying to Standards and Privelges committee (1996)
 * Edwina Currie and the salmanella eggs
 * Geoffrey Robinson loaned money to Peter Mandelson (1998)
 * Graham Riddick who got entrapped by the Sunday Times into accepting cash-for-questions (1994)
 * Hartley Booth who was committing adultery with his researcher (1994)
 * Jeffrey Archer, convicted perjurer
 * Jeremy Thorpe and accusations of attempted murder
 * Jerry Hayes and his alledged gay lover
 * John Stonehouse, the Labour MP who faked his death
 * Jonathan Aitken, convicted perjurer
 * Keith Vaz (Hinduja bros)
 * Michael Mates who sent Asil Nadir a watch (1993)
 * Neil Hamilton (Al-Fayed) (1994)
 * Nicholas Ridley who compared the EU with Hitler, and hence lost the argument
 * Peter Brooke sang Oh My Darling Clementine on an Irish chat show after a bombing
 * Peter Mandelson loan from Robinson (1998), then Hinduja Bros passport
 * Profumo affair
 * Richard Spring, Orgy allegations in News of the World (1995)
 * Rod Richards, adulter (1996)
 * Ron Davies something to do with a Rastafarian in Clapham Common
 * Steven Milligan found dead with an orange in his mouth, autoerotic asyphysiation, wearing suspenders, etc
 * Stephen Norris and his five mistresses
 * Tim Smith (Al-Fayed) (1994)
 * Tim Yeo's love child (1994)