In reply to pepperpot:
There is a chance still that his actions might come back and bite him. In the end though he was only a US poodle so it was mostly their fault and likely would have happened anyhow. Unlike Thatcher he demonstrated compassion for the wider unfortunates in the UK and elsewhere.
I think politics might even be getting cleaner, the reason it looks worse is that we have more and more access to information on the dirt (which in the past was well hidden). A problem with this is good potential candiates won't expose themselves or their family to the consequencies of this openness.