, sexual being. Her credibility as a businesswoman is in question because of this and it may be enough to damn her, even if preferential treatment was given on the basis of merit alone.
The way she looks, who she is and the fact she is a woman matters, because I wonder how much we looked into Boris’s business dealings with men, who may also have called Boris “one of my best friends” or whose flats Boris may also have visited late at night. Probably not at all.
Look what happened to Boris’s former flings Petronella Wyatt or Anna Fazackerley, both well-respected journalists who are now better known for their sexual relationships with our Prime Minister. Even Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, soon to be our Queen-in-all-but-name, will never truly be able to shake off the fact she had an affair with, the man who is now her husband.
Then, of course, there is the most famous political ‘other woman’ of all time; Monica Lewinsky. She was an intern at the White House when she had a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. When it was revealed, the fall-out - for Lewinsky - was so bad that she was kept on suicide watch.
Jennifer Arcuri described this best when she said, “Categorically, Boris had nothing to do with all my other achievements.” Yes, she may be absolving herself of any allegations of favouritism relating to the funding she has received. But I think it’s more than that. This is Arcuri attempting to remind us her own personal accomplishments should stand apart from her private life but, at the same time, knowing no one will ever, now, let that happen.