David Laws is all over the web after saying today that he has paid a high price for keeping his sexuality secret.
It's nothing to do with his sexuality. As someone has well phrased it, he put money in his lover's pocket. Forget the sophistry about was he or wasn't he a partner. Clearly he was. Even if a legalistic case could be made (which only further disfigures any notion of honesty), the moral position is crystal clear. They've been partners for years.
That was £40,000 of taxpayers' money. Our money. He put our money in his lover's pocket. Not just the rent - some of the other claims submitted before receipts were required look questionable too.
Several writers are pointing at him as a benefits thief - who should all get prison or community service.
The tragedy of David Laws is that he felt able to steal taxpayers' money for several years. Fairness? New politics? Bah humbug.
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