There are some stories you simply couldn't make up:
Ffion Jenkins, better known as Billy Goat Hague's better half and Outward Bound patron together with Willy's mate Jimmy Savile, taught Willy Welsh when he was Welsh Secretary before she became his wife.
Ffion Jenkins, better known as Billy Goat Hague's better half and Outward Bound patron together with Willy's mate Jimmy Savile, taught Willy Welsh when he was Welsh Secretary before she became his wife.
In early 1997, several national newspapers reported that Welsh Language Society activists from the Land of Our Fathers had stormed the office of William Hague's agent in God's Own County in search of political ammunition:
The office was that of David Moyle, Hague's agent in Northallerton ... and ammunition (presumably in English) there was plenty, much of which was thrown out onto the street below!
You don't have to have a stash of porn to be an aide to a senior Tory, but it does help!
You don't have to have a stash of porn to be an aide to a senior Tory, but it does help!
And Northallerton rings another bell: Wasn't that where Hague's mentor and predecessor Leon Brittan held his surgery as an MP? You know, Uncle Leon, the Elm Guest House patron caught by C&E in Dover with a stash of porn in his car?
As Thatcher once aptly said, 'Every Prime Minister needs a Willie', just like every senior Tory seems to need an aide or SPAD with a stash of porn in their office drawer or on their computer.
Remember David Cameron's pervy aide Patrick Rock, in line for a gong?
Remember David Cameron's pervy aide Patrick Rock, in line for a gong?
But let's face it: Willy the Hague has form and pedigree when it comes to choosing his friends and associates. Take Jim Davidson, for instance ...
