I find Thorpe fascinating. I think he'd have been a terrific Prime Minister, and the perfect way of saving the country from Maggie. If not for the scandal, he could well have been Prime Minister instead of her. He was ruthless of course, but then politicians do tend to be.

I can't hate him for what he did - and I don't think RTD intended us to. Imagine being a gay man back when it was still illegal. And even after it was made legal, it would - and did - still cost a man his career. I'm not condoning what he did, obviously! (If he did it - it's never been proved, though it's a safe assumption.) He was a git. Bloody good Liberal though, and he'd have been far better for the country than Maggie.