Babes of the Conservative Party ConferenceReutersPresident George W. Bush defended his administration's 2008 auto bailouts on Monday, saying they were necessary to prevent a depression.ReutersThe former GOP vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, is in the process of pitching a follow up to the Mark Burnett-produced reality show "Sarah Palin's Alaska."ReutersBoris Johnson admitted twice that he took cocaine. He first admitted taking the drug in June 2007 in an interview with Piers Morgan. He said that he had tried it at university and it achieved no pharmacological psychotropic or any other effect on me whatsoever." He was also asked whether he had inhaled cannabis. “There was a period before university when I had quite a few (joints). But, funnily enough, not much at university. It was jolly nice,” Johnson said.ReutersItalian Prime Minister Silvio BerlusconiReutersDominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged with "aggravated pimping" for his role in a Lille, France prostitution ring.ReutersArguably Ireland’s most popular politician and most flamboyant parliamentarians is giving up smoking cannabis so he can keep his seat in the Dáil. Independent TD Luke "Ming" Flanagan revealed this week he is kicking the habit after rank and file gardaí called for him to be prosecuted for breaking the law.ReutersAccording to Currie, the pair had spent four years doing the dirty, starting in 1984 while Currie was a backbencher and Major was a whip in Margaret Thatcher's government. Currie claims she ended the affair in 1988, just months before she resigned over the salmonella scandal, and two years before Major became prime minister.ReutersPresident Bill Clinton became the second ever president to be impeached following accusations of a sexual relationship with a 22-year-old White House intern, which included having oral sex in the Oval office. Clinton famously denied the claims with the line: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky'. But he was later forced to admit that he had.ReutersWhat exactly happened between the iconic American film star and the country's much-loved president will most likely never be known, but speculation is still rife today. Some believe the Kennedy family had the iconic movie star killed - and then staged as a suicide - as a part of a cover up effort in response to the fact that she had been having liaisons with both John and his attorney brother, Robert.ReutersAccording to the book, nine months before her marriage to Todd Palin, Sarah Palin spent a night with the basketball player Glen Rice.Creative Commons via Flickr
After accusations made by Joe McGinniss that 2008 vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin snorted cocaine, smoked marijuana and had two affairs, one with an NBA star, here is a selection of the 10 worst drug and sex scandals that have rocked European, UK and U.S. politics.
The book also claims the Palins have a history of drug-taking. McGinniss' work alleges that in college, the future Mrs. Palin smoked marijuana with a professor who was the father of a friend. The allegations continue, claiming that shortly before she was elected Alaska governor in 2006 she snorted cocaine off an oil drum on a snowmobiling trip with friends.
The embarrassing accusations will no doubt harm Sarah Palin because as governor, she opposed drug legalisation and spoke out about the dangers of hard drugs such as cocaine, reports the Independent.
Here we looked at drug and sex scandals that have rocked politics. Thee scandals include President George W. Bush, President John F. Kennedy, Silvio Berlusconi, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Sarah Palin and President Bill Clinton.
