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No we’re not trivializing by saying he had a bit on the side – for the average citizen that’s going to be a matter resolved by personal conscience and negotiation (if found out) between spouse and offsprings. It is not a national matter casting doubt on the suitability of an individual who sets rules for the rest of us but who does not trouble to abide by such rules himself.
The nub of the matter here is that Prescott has presented himself as the solid family man, devoid of fancy (middle class) “airs and graces” and firmly loyal to his family and a bedrock of solid old style socialism and hence eminently trustworthy to formulate policy as a senior minister and safeguard the public trust.
We now find out that he is of the same ilk as “back to basics” John Major, who espoused this same political stance at the time he was “romancing” inamorata Edwin Currie and who came under Prescott’s withering fire before and after the inevitable (female) revelations.