YESTERDAY, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague was forced to make a very personal statement regarding his private life after one of his aids quit amid “malicious” rumours of a relationship between the pair.
It was alleged in the blogosphere, that the 25-year-old Christopher Myers, was under-qualified for his role and had only reached the position due to an improper relationship. It was stated that the pair had shared hotel rooms whilst on the campaign trail.
Hague felt obliged to make information about his wife, Ffion and his struggle to start a family public to dispel the rumours. For the first time he told of the multiple miscarriages his wife Ffion had suffered, including one this summer which the couple were still grieving from.
It’s a classic case of a story forced to the top of the national news pile by non-entity bloggers and wannabe citizen journalists for the wrong reasons. Yes we should probe into the ‘qualifications’ of Mr Myers and if he was experienced enough for his role. But should it have been done in such a mucky, smeary way across the Internet?
On a less serious note with regards to the hotel room sharing between Hague and Myers, shouldn’t we be commending the pair for saving money? Maybe it was just another one of Mr Cameron’s cost cutting measures?
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