Scandals

Question 1

What was the sandal involving David Mellor?

Answer 1

Heritage minister, resigned in 1992 over an affair with a Spanish actress. The press, including ‘the people’ newspaper, enjoyed printing apparently salacious details of their relationship

Question 2

What was the scandal involving Tim Yeo?

Answer 2

Environment minister. Resigned in 1994 after revealed he had an affair with a Conservative local Councillor that produced a child.

Question 3

What was the scandal involving Stephen Milligan?

Answer 3

1994, highly regarded up and coming conservative mp, accidentally throttled himself to death whilst apparently involved in a type of sexually related self-strangulation

Question 4

What was the scandal involving Neil Hamilton?

Answer 4

1994’The Guardian’ accused Hamilton, government minister, of having received brown envelopes stuffed with money from Mohammad Al-Fayed, owner of Harrods, hoped to obtain special favours in return. Hamilton denied ‘cash for questions’ scandal and sued newspapers for libel. He lost, but refused to resign as an mp. Bell stood against him - aim of highlighting corruption in government circles.

Question 5

Baxter Basics

Answer 5

Extremely amoral and sexually deviant Conservative mp who first appealed at around the same as Majors Back to Basics Campaign - hypocrisy of politicians