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I can only speak from personal experience.
With things like affairs especially - it doesnt really hurt the people who are honest about it
It hasnt done Boris Johnson much harm, even if he might not like being called "Bonking" Boris.
And John Prescott really didnt suffer any from it, the public just seemed to feel a sense of mild amazement that a man his size had the energy for it.
If you preach moral standards at people, and if when it happens you try and hide it... I think it can hurt you
If you just shrug your shoulders and say "well... I was in the wrong" people forgive most things. People like Prescott and Johnson, although very different politically, both had a straightforward style, they werent "like" politicians.
The people who play the political game and try to spin everything I think do most of the damage to themselves.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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