sleaze

sleaze
   Apopular term much used in the 1990s referring to dark, corrupt or improper behaviour of ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs), initially on the Conservative side of the House. Several episodes involved financial wrongdoing, others sexual behaviour. The revelations led to the establishment of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, in 1994. Labour campaigned strongly against sleaze in 1997 and promised to conduct a ‘cleaner’ style of government, but on various occasions – often involving the business interests of paymasters of the party – there has been public disquiet about the allegedly discreditable behaviour of MPs and party supporters. In 2006, the making of life peers was a cause of difficulty for ministers, when it became apparent that the nearly £14 million worth of loans Labour received in order to fight the election campaign often appeared to result in nomination for a place in the upper chamber.

Glossary of UK Government and Politics . 2013.

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