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Sleaze: A timeline

Nov 1990 – John Major wins general election 1992- Alan Amos cautioned by police after alleged indecency on Hampstead Heath 1993 – Tim Yeo, environment and countryside minister, forced to resign after scandal involving ‘love child’ with Tory councillor, Julia Stent. Child born on 8th July 1993 – in the middle of the government’s ‘Back… Read more »

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Has sleaze returned to Westminster
The return of sleaze?

By Ian Dunt Westminster insiders are frantically trying to limit the damage of the cash-for-amendments controversy while, also in parliament, another MP is ruled to have breached parliamentary standards. To see a timeline of British sleaze since John Major click here. To read a comment piece on how to clean up the lobbying industry click… Read more »