The Spectator’s Top 50 Political Scandals

There is one word that frightens politicians more than any other: scandal. They know that scandal can bring about personal ruin, cut short a promising career and even bring down a government. The power of scandal is that it imprints itself on the public mind. Some are about sex, others about money, drugs or espionage. But they are all about power: the corrupter, the ultimate aphrodisiac. This is your guide to the scandalous world of Westminster.

Who can forget:

• John Gummer feeding his daughter a beef burger at the height of the BSE scare in 1990
• The John Major and Edwina Curry affair
• John Prescott punching a voter in 2001
• The Wilson Plot in 1979
• Jacqui Smith’s husband and the taxpayer-funded porn

Edited by The Spectator’s Political Editor, James Forsyth, the reporting team includes Fraser Nelson, Matthew d’Ancona, and Mary Wakefield.

Read and remember all of the shocking stories as we  count down to Number One.

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