""Am I the only one who has any concern that a Minister has a shared and hitherto secret liaison with a lobbyist?""

Unless it can be proved that there was any favour gained by that lobbyist, and further proved that there is a liaison, other than friendship, then you are (rightly) the only one concerned.

I am more concerned at the reason the Telegraph sat on this one until now.

If I were a cynic, I might advance the theory that the story was a non runner until Laws achieved some prominence in government, and that the furore is a deliberately orchestrated attempt to sell an extra million copies without regard or concern for the damage caused.

Modern newspapers are the last place a sensible man would look for news, and they are not even absorbent enough for use in place of bog roll.

Don T.