He says that his three children are the apple of his eye.

If he really and honestly cared so much for them he would have behaved very, very differently.

Where does admirable fit in?

Labour is like the run up to the Tower of Babel.

During that time, he was the naïve one who married her despite being advised not to do so. As for Jeffrey, I still feel she enabled him to do what he did during the last five years.

Women are not always the victims in a failed marriage.

It must be hard to be in your early 40s and to realise that you have to start all over again – not only relationship-wise, but also socially – discovering new friends, new places to hang out in.

But at least Carmen PO got her chance to escape from the overwhelming clutches of some members of the ‘clique’ – it’s sad to see that so many others (who should know better) are still trapped within – although I do believe that one by one they’ll realise what shallow lives they’re leading, and start falling ‘out’ .

or maybe he’s just a spoiled twat who also got his own way and acted just like one.

[Daphne – Yes, well, people tend to forget that I’ve known the operator in question for more than 30 years, and know that she gets her rocks off (excuse the crass expression, but it really fits) by manipulating people like chess-pieces around her chess-board, either for the sheer thrill of it or because there is personal advantage to be gained for herself. She insinuates herself into the lives of weaker people and then grips them like a vice.]

Your analysis I mean, not the Viper’s plan.

Or maybe his narcissism (that speech he gave at that German University was a pointed illustration) could have made him think of himself as being so special that he could get away with it.