A friend of mine tells a story from his time at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
At around the same time as the Monica Lewinsky Affair was dominating the news, he found himself accompanying then-Conservative Party leader William Hague and former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, to a function in Manhattan.
Kissinger asked Hague if this sort of brouhaha happened in contemporary British politics.
“With Labour,” Hague replied, “The scandals tend to be about money, while with Tories it’s usually sex.”
“So,” surmised Kissinger, “Your money is safe but your wife isn’t.”