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Whatever the rights and wrongs of the original story, the fact is that Lord Browne had admitted that he lied under oath.
I can't think of a single reason why he should not be prosecuted for perjury. It's clearly in the public interest. And he has admitted a major offence. And we are all equal under the law, aren't we? It will be fascinating to see how this pans out.
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I sympathise with Lord Browne: he was put in a terribly difficult position. I can't say I can get very worked up over the point about perjury. Not when an anti-Semitic bitch like Jenny Tonge is still in the House of Lords, the truly evil Ken Livingstone is the Mayor of London, and human vermin who masquerade as journalists make a living off this kind of story. Even worse is the fact that individuals like Lord Browne are almost compelled to lie because society is so incredibly prejudiced and hypocritical.
It's also ironic that Associated Newspapers, an organisation that shilled for a political movement which was responsible for the murder of many thousands of gay men, should be pursuing gay people today in this wicked fashion.
Lord Browne lied in an attempt to prevent publication of a story that accused him of spending substantial amounts of shareholders' money on his lover. Were this true (and he denies this aspect of the tale) it would be a pretty serious offence and clearly in the public interest for it to be exposed. No doubt the gay angle made it more appealing to the Mail on Sunday's prurient tastes, but the full telling of the tale required lifting the veil on Browne's private life. It's one of those cases that shows how problematic a privacy law would be and how it could be used by the rich and powerful to suppress evidence of wrongdoing.