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The point at issue is not (yet another) "the Tory MP and the sex worker" story, it's why the newspapers sat on it.
"The Tory MP and the sex worker" is bread & butter for Fleet St.
And yet when said MP happens to be in a position of influence over press regulation and happens to be pro-press (and anti-BBC to boot), they play the "public interest" card.
Hostage to fortune, Sword of Damocles, conflict of interest and blackmail are all phrases which spring to mind.
Scilly.Suffolk
Is it in the public interest? He's not married, it seems like he didn't do anything illegal, just seems like mud-slinging
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