Darling, that woman wouldn't know embarrassing if it smacked her in the face!
What's embarrassing about watching porn? I'd be ready to bet that at least 80% of the adult population has watched porn at some point in their life. The weirdos are those who never have, if we really want to go into it. Ok, there has to be said that most porn (at least the kind I've seen) is somewhere between hilarious and pathetic, but so's most of the crap that passes as news these days, so what's the difference?
Sorry for getting caught? Well, you know, if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. If you think what you're doing is wrong, you shouldn't do it to start with as it's wrong whether you get caught or not. But as we've already established that watching porn isn't intrinsically wrong, hey, where's the problem?
Wrong for passing it off as parliamentary expenses? It wasn't your expenses, it was *hers*, and the buck stops in *her* lap. She should make sure she reviews her own claims before they're submitted. As Stephen Pound rightly points out,
"Nobody's responsible for what their partners do to that extent but it will be embarrassing".
Exactly! She's not responsible for what you watch, and you're not responsible for how she deals with her own expenses. And yes, it's embarrassing that she doesn't actually know what she claims for until someone points out to her that you were watching porn and *she* claimed for it.
But that really is peanuts compared to claiming on her sister's home when it's obvious she's taking the piss. Like Mark Field says, it may be within the rules but it's definitely not within the spirit - although I disagree with the conclusion that if she doesn't see that she's too stupid for the job. Stupid she certainly isn't... sleazy and a piss taker we can discuss, but stupid? No.
And talking about sleaze... isn't it so very sad that watching porn is deemed more morally wrong than systematically fiddling claims on the public purse?
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