plus of course if somebody makes a complaint to party headquarters, whether it is labour or tory, and they don't seem to be getting an instan response, then sometimes they will go to the press. and that is understandable, though, shall we say, regrettable. it happens on the labour side as well. been suspended.our mp's have it takes longer for the police to investigate if there has been a crime. of course it does. justice can be slow, but it is often necessary. when it is just a scandal and you think, no, you should not be doing this, you should have had more sense than to, whatever it was, send other colleagues telephone numbers to someone trying to blackmail you, some sort of thing. as we have had recently with the mp from up the road from where i live. you really have to say maybe we should be supporting and helping all our mp's, and perhaps our candidates, rather better than we do. let's not forget, please, that mp's are human beings. any of us put in those really highlighted circumstances could make mistakes. christian: you say you are no stranger to scandal, you have been around