December 29: Greater Manchester Police asked to probe ‘inappropriate’ messages but find MP has not committed any offences.
If he had been sleeping with her he still would not have committed any offences although if he had asked her for naked pictures and she obliged could he then have fallen foul of the law.
He was stupid in as much as he despite not actually doing anything legally wrong must have known he was acting on the periphery of what many consider indecent.
If she was eighteen I would not be bothered, but if she was sixteen I would be.
If he had still been in a “happy marriage” I would be bothered but the fact he had a girlfriend at the time does not bother me.
If the texts were one way and he had been pestering the 17 year old I would be bothered but because they were reciprocated so I am not.
What he has done is not a scandal by any stretch of the imagination and I don’t believe warrents him being suspended, but that said he should have known he was behaving foolishly and that his actions would not go down well with many of his supporters. Especially to those who believe our electorate should be morality personified.
I don’t know much about him as an MP but if he was a good one and this is the sum of his evil deeds it would be a shame to ruin him over nearly being a bad man.