The Hague Treaty

Any wannabes take note!  Today, if you're in the public eye, you are under 24/7 scrutiny whether politician or television personality, film star or internet phenomenon.  Once upon a time, not so long ago, a rumour might have been ignored in the hope it would eventually tire and go away.  Not anymore.  The internet has changed all that and William Hague has set himself up as a prime example of how.  A rumour about his relationship with his special advisor being somewhat more than special has been dealt with the same immediacy as front page news and in far broader a way than would have been polite.  The man decided better to risk turning a whisper into a headline, has denied it categorically and then taken a sledgehammer to it.  Hague has laid his cards firmly on the table in one fell swoop putting the sympathy card right at the top.  He has made the brave decision that it's not good enough just to deny he ever had sexual relations with that man and has covered every possible angle that might risk evolving.   In laying open his entire marital history like a spatchcock chicken he has left no giblet unturned. He has all but given us dates of his sexual activity.... with Ffion, of course.  What were you thinking?  And who can criticise a man/couple who are suffering the sadness of endless miscarriages?  Hague is hoping no one.  So, let's hope for the sake of any dignity he has left, he is right.  How sad that nothing can ever be private anymore.  Please please oh multimedia....spare us those dates and now you've outed him, let him get on with his job.