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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:05 am ]
Post subject:  Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty to be questioned
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Senior civil servants investigating the conduct of Defence Secretary Liam Fox are expected to interview his close friend Adam Werritty.

They will ask him why he joined the cabinet minister on a third of all overseas trips since he came to office.


This whole story, frankly, smells funny.

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Mr Werritty was present on 18 out of 48 overseas trips, according to records released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

They included visits to Singapore, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Qatar and Sri Lanka.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15252269

Meanwhile, this cartoon in the Guardian says a lot more than it appears to. Most politicians feel that they shouldn’t get caught out when getting up to no good.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... ?fb=native

One does wonder if these two are *ahem* “batting for the other team”. ;) If they were, I wish they’d just bloody well say so.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty to be questioned
I have to be honest with you, taking someone on 14 foreign trips with you... if they were a heterosexual man and woman, you'd just assume they were a couple. The situation is rather complicated by the fact Liam Fox is married (indeed, Werritty was his best man). I suppose as a politician you can get away with being 'outed' and you can sometimes get away with infidelity but I doubt you could get a way with both at once.

I don't mind if he is gay, I mean, it's pretty much irrelevant to his job. It's more the fact the guy was trading on the relationship than what the relationship was that seems to be the issue that actually matters.

Jon
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty to be questioned
jonbwfc wrote:
I have to be honest with you, taking someone on 14 foreign trips with you... if they were a heterosexual man and woman, you'd just assume they were a couple. The situation is rather complicated by the fact Liam Fox is married (indeed, Werritty was his best man). I suppose as a politician you can get away with being 'outed' and you can sometimes get away with infidelity but I doubt you could get a way with both at once.

I don't mind if he is gay, I mean, it's pretty much irrelevant to his job. It's more the fact the guy was trading on the relationship than what the relationship was that seems to be the issue that actually matters.


Nope - it doesn’t matter. That’s my point. If that were the reason for the excessive trips, then fine. There would be complications - the marriage being the primary one. However, we must also take into consideration the very likely fact that someone gained financially, either directly or indirectly, from these meetings.

Regardless of motive, there needs to be clarity at this point. Not the usual “government issue” fudged up language that Dr Fox has employed to explain the situation. The fact that there has been a clouding of the issue make me think that there is more going on than meets the eye.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty to be questioned
This reminded me of a spoof Private Eye article:

William Hague: Do you want a boiled sweet? I'm a happily married man, you know!
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Liam Fox's friend Adam Werritty to be questioned
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The defence secretary has also denied claims that Conservative officials lied about a break-in at his London home last year, following claims in the Sun that they had said Mr Fox was alone at the time - when in fact another man stayed in the flat overnight.

Mr Fox said he told police a friend was staying in the guest room, and added that it was not Mr Werritty.

Responding to the Sun's front page, Mr Fox said: "As I told the police at the time, a friend was staying in the guest room.

"My wife was stranded in Hong Kong due to the ash cloud. For the sake of clarity it was not Adam Werritty."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15269215

Curiouser and curiouser.
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