Parliament rocked by sex scandal.

Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair , who has been compared to Bill Clinton, got his first taste of a sex scandal when a member of his cabinet was forced to resign October 27 after he was mugged by a man he had befriended in a London park known to be a gay pickup area. A Blair spokesman said Welsh secretary Ron Davies Ron Davies or Ronald Davies can refer to

Ronald Davies (judge) (1904–1996), a federal judge from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (1955–1996)
Ronald Davies (field hockey), participant in the 1948 Summer Olympics

"denied that this was anything to do with any sort of sexual encounter." But in a letter to Blair, Davies said he had been guilty of a "serious lapse (language) LAPSE - A single assignment language for the Manchester dataflow machine.

["A Single Assignment Language for Data Flow Computing", J.R.W. Glauert, M.Sc Diss, Victoria U Manchester, 1978]. of judgement."

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Publication:	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:	Brief Article
Date:	Dec 8, 1998
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