Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
They don't. If he'd fessed up to a few parties ages ago, most of which he wasn't at, it would have passed by easily. It's the fact that he lied about them, constantly, which then shone a light on the fact that he lies about everything else as well. That's how scandals develop. No one's bringing down a government over some dickheads having a glass of pro secco 18 months ago. They're bringing down a government because the person leading it has been shown to be unfit to hold the office that he does.
It just so happens that parties were the way in. It's like a really shit, very British Watergate.