howard mcsweeney1 wrote: the problem is that once someone is accused, whether guilty or not, the mud sticks.
That is definitely the problem, from now on anyone accused will carry the stigma for the rest of their lives even if no charges are forthcoming. They suffer and so do their families because of some private vendetta or the perception that they might possibly be proceeding up the (in these cases) political ladder.
He said, she said gossip with no or little affect on the accuser because of they are
not named.
As an example Charlie or any other MP are unlikely to become ministers because of these accusations even if they are proved to be completely innocent.