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The second is that it puts good people off politics. Why put yourself and your family up for such treatment when there are so many other fulfilling careers? There was no need for The Telegraph to run a snatched doorstep photo of David Laws's partner – but it is standard fare for political coverage across the media.

How many talented people will have looked at the story thinking, "Why risk putting my partner through that?" In the end, we all lose if such people are put off – because the complexities and opportunities of government are so great that we need the very best in Parliament.