Labour MP admits he didn’t tell the truth – and I think the better of him for it

There’s a very insightful interview with Labour MP and blogger Tom Harris over on Tory Rascal. In amongst the questions, this one particular caught my eye. Although Tom Harris admits he didn’t previously write the truth, I think he comes out rather well from this answer:

About a year ago, you lost your ministerial post. On your blog you really took it in your stride – no protest about it, no anguish or bad feelings…
I lied. I thought it was important to come across as more philosophical than I actually felt, but I was absolutely gutted. Heartbroken. I really was. I loved that job, and I thought I was doing it well, and I felt very bitter about losing it. But I thought it was important at the time to be philosophical about it. It would have looked very ungracious if I’d actually said what I felt.