So, yes, as several commenters pointed out, the timing of this post about David Laws proved unfortunate. James and Fraser have said much of all that needs to be said on the matter. Perhaps if Laws had been in any other cabinet post he could have survived this firestorm – though the alacrity with which he resigned despite entreaties from David Cameron and Nick Clegg that he should stay – suggests otherwise frankly.
The impression given is of a man appalled by the consequences of his blunder and horrified by the impact of the fall-out on his housemate, family and friends. Contra Tom Harris and the opinions of some of my friends, this collapse was entirely about sexuality and barely concerned with money at all.
Not the press or public’s view of homosexuality, but David Laws’s relationship to his own personal life.
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