Above: another Monday, another political sex scandal. This one involves the Home Secretary who has been caught putting her husband's pornographic viewing habits on public expenses. More seriously (in my opinion) her husband is also employed as her assistant, on the public payroll at a vastly inflated salary (much more than we pay our office manager).
Everyone seems to have a ribald comment to make on this news item, mostly revolving around aspects of... er... onanism.
I looked at all the front covers and nearly chose the Daily Mirror to illustrate the story, but in the end opted for the Daily Mail. I particularly like the subtle and subliminal way in which the layout links the word "hilarious" with the name of the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (as the eye reads the Home Secretary's name it also picks up the understated verdict). This is the work of a master.
Late yesterday Jacqui Smith's husband appeared at the gate of the family residence and read a carefully worded and unconvincing statement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeF36BWgKhE&feature=channel
It is life imitating art imitating life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZO6w0rl6Y
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