Mosley 2

What about him and his militaristic although possibly not Nazi orgy with prostitutes?

First off, let's not call it an orgy when all participants except one are being paid for their services

Secondly, his counsel and he claim that his activities were not "sick". If he believes that, why did he keep it secret from his wife?

I think we need to be clear about motives here. It seems to me that the main objective of the News of the World was its usual agenda - to provide titillation under the guise of moral outrage.

The political "public interest" motive is secondary, which is why virtually all of the coverage went on about spanking and included photos of the female participants with pixilated faces. Another approach would have been to try to uncover evidence of Mosley's involvement in fascist organisations or associations with people on the far right. Or examples of racism in his day to day interactions.

It is a bit much to expect Mosley to be anything other than a fuck up. He is the son of one of the most famous UK fascists and was active in his father's Union Movement from an early age. One thing which seems to be completely absent from the recent coverage is information on his current political views.

If we ignore all this for a second there are lots of people who enjoy s&m scenarios and there are lots of people who pay for sexual gratification. Personally miltaristic scenarios don't do it for me and find them distasteful but I'm not sure I would describe them as "sick".

I think most people would not tell their partners that they were engaged in sexual activity with prostitutes, or indeed with anyone else.

So I think my conclusion is that Mosley is clearly objectionable, but not nearly as objectionable as the News of the World.