I was chatting to my friend Adam last night. Adam is a pro gambler and he was encouraging me to fully embrace the revenue opportunities there could be in linking politicsjunkie to a betting site.
Fine in practice - after all anyone with an interest will want to have a punt on, say, Blair's departure.
My mind is more mischevious than that. I would want to bet on things like ... will the new researcher that Mark Oaten is advertising for end up being a girl or a boy?
I met a guy in a bar a few weeks ago who used to be Oaten's researcher. He was stunning! He made a point of saying how the MP was highly professional and focused. He was as shocked as the rest of us to find out his old boss was gay, never MIND the rest.
This random meeting and my conversation with Adam led me to thinking about risk.
Adam says he doesnt take that many risks as a poker player. I thought this was odd but what he meant was that poker is a game of skill
Amateurs get a buzz from gambling precisely because they DONT know what they're doing.
As for Mark Oaten - why WOULD someone take such huge risks? Do you think that on some level he knew he would be caught, found out and humiliated?
I understand what urges drove him. We all feel them - well, all MEN do. But surely he would be aware of the dangers. If all he wanted was gay sex with a younger guy there would have been a hundred much more subtle ways of going about procuring that. But he wanted the danger we must assume?
That must mean on some level knowing you will be caught - in the same way that going into a casino, on some level, you know you are going to lose.
Anyway - by the end of this weekend ALL the comment and opinion pieces will be up on the site and from TUESDAY the politicsjunkie will be back at Westminster, champing at the bit for a bit of argie-bargie.
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