I have just read this article, what a vile man Parkinson was, but what baffles me is why his 3 grown up daughters that he fathered with his wife have never tried to contact their younger half-sister, just goes to show what horrible people they are I suppose!
Parkinson has that Tory quality - the ability to pretend that something 'unpleasant' simply never happened. He never acknowledged his affair, or his daughter, because it was simply an inconvenience to his political and public image, and it would appear that his family lined up right behind him with the same attitude. I would be deeply ashamed to be...
It's a very long time since I expected royalty, politicians, or leaders of business to have higher standards. Maybe better at hiding their goings on, maybe.
I refrained from comment in my original thread on this subject. But I feel a comment coming on now.
Parkinson was, as well as an adulterer, also a liar.
But this isn't a party-political point, as adulterers and liars occur in all walks of life. Parkinson was just one of many, and will be remembered for as such.
Wasn't Alan Clark another of Thatcher's favourites? He famously kissed, and later told about it in his dairies, a mother and daughter.
Then there were sir Keith Joseph and Rhodes Boyson, among others. The Cabinet meeting must sometimes have seemed like a salon of all the perversions.
I find it quite ironic that a comment such as “Parkinson has that Tory quality - the ability to pretend that something 'unpleasant' simply never happened” is awarded as part of a best answer when it’s very clear that the author and his supporters have the ability to pretend that this conduct is uniquely representative only of people who vote Conservative. Not a lot of thought has gone into that one.
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