Sleaze

• Over a dozen sex scandals including cabinet ministers David mellor and Tim Yeo and Lamont

  • Mellor resigned over gifted 13 grand hilidys and recording adulterous affair
  • Lamont was chancellor behind on credit payments - ironic
• Scott enquiry

  • ministers broke rules and economic with truth in allowing matrix Churchill arms company to supply to Iraq
  • aitken and archer convicted of perjury
• spitting image highlighted how satirical criticism of politics was becoming popular - major was portrayed as a grey figure - public opinion was viewing politics as increasingly dishonest