The New Leader of the Gang
With the news that a second contender for the leadership of the Lib Dems may be about to fall from the race, a new would-be leader has emerged. Gary Glitter, a thirty-something social worker from London, has launched his bid to take his party into the twenty-first century on a platform of what he calls ‘proper liberal values’. This comes as Simon Hughes admitted to his having used gay chatlines and enjoyed both hetro- and homosexual affairs. Hughes’ supporters are now rallying around their candidate and challenging anybody who might believe that a person’s private life has any bearing on their public office. This comes only a matter of days after the Lib Dems’ Home Affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten, revealed his brief six-month romance with a London rentboy.
Mr. Glitter has become the new frontrunner and speaking from a brief fact-finding tour of the Far East, he reassured voters by claiming that ‘there are no skeletons in my cupboards… that’s just not my thing’. Meanwhile, though Sir Minges Campbell continues to gather supporters amongst the more traditional members, he will this week attempt to widen his appeal to the more liberal wing of his party by describing how he was himself once discovered complimenting his wife’s choice of light pink bedroom curtains with chintz trimmings. Sir Minges, a one-time Olympic sprinter will also assure his party by explaining that: ‘the one hundred meter sprint was more about running away from other men as it was about running after them.’
