probably

say what you will about the conservative party, but they do seem to be able to pick a hottie or two to represent them.
now i don't (honestly) go around checking out each of the tory mps in order to rate them as hot or not (but if you want to go here).

step forward louise mensch (or bagshawe, depeding on the reporters). she is new to my tripe t list (top tory totty)and i only really found out about her because she has admitted to 'probably' taking some drugs when she used to hang out with nigel kennedy.
probably is a funny word to use - as you either did or you didn't.
probably is one of those words you expect people in important positions to use. on the one hand it might make you sound cool because you did have a rebelious side when you were a teen, but it wasn't that important to you as you have forgotten about it now. it is a word that allows you to appear to be contrite but not actually admitting to anything.
personally i would be more concerned with her hanging out with nigel kennedy than her doing a line or two.

i am not a fan of drugs. i don't like them. i don't take them.
for a long time i had a zero tolerance approach to them. now i have changed my mind - they are not going to go away, as the law stands now it makes the users of drugs into criminals when in many ways they are no more a burden on society than are heavy drinkers or smokers - but they are legal drugs. so make drugs legal. make them available over the counter, tax them, police the quality of them and watch the crime levels drop/

yet the situation that ms mensch/bagshawe finds herself in is symptomatic of debate in this climate. she is being hounded by journalists who have pictures of her with nigel doing drugs.
big deal.
(i wonder if her her questions in parliament about hacking has had anything to do with the photos appearing?)
the 'shock horror' someone did something naughty when they were in their youth, let's bring it up and try to smear them with it type tactics just means that legitimate debate gets sidelined all too easily because people are forced to defend themselves for no reason, rather than just state the facts.

louise - just don't hang out with the fiddle player anymore - it is just not cool and does your image no good.