1963 John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War, was having an extramarital affair with a 19-year-old model, Christine Keeler. So what? That's what all politicians do you say. Good for him a May-December thingy. But wait, he was sharing Keeler with a Soviet naval Captain. Then Profumo lied to Parliament about it. The Profumo Scandal severely damaged the conservative government of Harold Macmillan.

C'mon Mark, don't be so negative. Maggie Thatcher liked him, called him a "national hero."

1963 John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War, was having an extramarital affair with a 19-year-old model, Christine Keeler. So what? That's what all politicians do you say. Good for him a May-December thingy. But wait, he was sharing Keeler with a Soviet naval Captain. Then Profumo lied to Parliament about it. The Profumo Scandal severely damaged the conservative government of Harold Macmillan.