Dup Leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Had Resigned Following Reports That He...

[sandyRoe]

...will face historical charges of a sexual nature.

Do old sins cast long shadows?

[sunny-dave]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-68686691

[Canary42]

It seems the sexual "freedom" of the Sixties is now coming back to bite.

[sunny-dave]

Donaldson wasn't born until 1962 ...

[Canary42]

Duh!  What pedantry. As should be obvious to most people, but I suppose I better spell it out:- I meant the sexual "freedom" which was spawned in the Sixties and persisted at least until the end of the millennium. It's only in this century that the hypocritical Victorian attitude to sex has re-emerged.

[Redhelen72]

Canary - Victorian attitudes?

I don't know what Mr Donaldson has been accused off but some of what has come to light over recent years  like unwanted groping or taking what was not freely given was not ok in the 60s but was not spoken about because mainly would not have been believed.

 

[ichkeria]

Not a huge surprise to sone of us. I'll say no more 

[DTCwordfan]

he would comment, 'Hard to say.'

[ichkeria]

His wife too ...

[youngmafbog]

He has been charged.

How about we wait until the Court has assesed the evidence and come to a verdict eh?

[douglas9401]

Just another running of the holier than thou play.

Lessons won't be learned.

[ichkeria]

I don't see any verdicts being pronounced here 

[youngmafbog]

Hmmm.

[ichkeria]

The DUP are always good for a bit of scandal: Iris Robinson and the young postman springs to mind 

[ichkeria]

Sammy Wilson and his nude gardening. 
Not illegal but the sight of his bare bum on the front page of the Sunday News will go with me to the grave 

[Redhelen72]

Ick a super injunction I believe 

[douglas9401]

The Arlene Foster stuff seemed to fade away. Fern Brady still maintains she's right, apparently.

[fiveleaves]

If there is a charge that he has committed, how long ago doesn't matter

[Peter Pedant]

old sins cast long shadows - - is that a dougism or did er oscar wilde say it?

I wondered if Kincora has really come home to roost ( children's home where known  abuse occurred but kept open because the spooks wante dthe opportunity to blackmail)

BUT relying on memory alone forty years later.......very tenuous

[Peter Pedant]

If there is a charge that he has committed, how long ago doesn't matter

yes it does - statute of limitations on everything except murder and sexual abuse ( changed 2003)

[Redhelen72]

I am sure that the news says he has been charged with rape