Prezza Gets His Diary Organised

It's been a very cracking day for Ministerial sleaze-buckets getting a kicking : The Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, admits to having forgotten to deport approx 1000 serious foreign criminals at the end of their prison sentences - he 'accepts responsibility' but Tony says he doesn't have to resign because it's not his fault.This is a trick which New Labour have perfected - the sentence which reads "I accept full responsibility but none of this mess was my fault so I'm not to blame". Meanwhile, Patricia Hewitt is booed to the echo by the Nursing unions because of the mess of the NHS, but fortunately, although Patricia is the Secretary Of State for Health and accepts full responsibility, none of it is her fault. But, topping them all, is the almost unbelievable story of 67 year old J. Prescott having an affair with a 43 year old secretary - the story appears below - Prezza was entirely responsible but I'm sure we'll find that none of it was his fault :- Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has confessed to having an affair with one of his secretaries, according to reports. Mr Prescott, 67, and Tracey Temple, 43, started meeting in secret at his Whitehall flat after a two-year fling began at an office party, the Daily Mirror claims. Mr Prescott told the newspaper: "I did have a relationship with her which I regret. It ended some time ago. I have discussed this fully with my wife Pauline, who is devastated by the news. I would be grateful if Pauline and I can now get on with our lives together." The pair began working together when Ms Temple was appointed as Mr Prescott's Assistant Private Secretary, with special responsibility to organise his diary. I simply love the phrase 'organise his diary'. It has all the appearance of an unsubtle euphemism, as in "I organised his diary, and then ten minutes later I organised it again. One weekend last summer I organised it, oooh at least a dozen times or more........." Perhaps the most amusing aspect of the whole thing is the quote attributed to the secretary's live-in partner, viz Mr Williams told the Mirror: "I feel sick. I can't believe the woman I wanted to marry has slept with John Prescott......" You can sort of understand what he means.