exposed many of the sexual scandals as editor of the News of the World, opined: Scandals The following scandals were linked to the "Back To Basics" campaign in the media: 1991 In April 1991 Chancellor Norman Lamont was embarrassed when it was revealed a 'sex-therapist' lived in his rented-out London flat, and that his credit cards were frequently in arrears. 1992 On 24 September 1992, David Mellor resigned as National Heritage Secretary. Mellor had been the subject of intense press attention regarding his extra-marital affair with actress Antonia de Sancha. The Sun, relying on material supplied by publicist Max Clifford, made a number of lurid claims about their lovemaking - eg. that Mellor had sucked her toes and had worn a Chelsea football shirt - that de Sancha later admitted in a newspaper interview were entirely untrue. Mellor remained in office for two months after the story broke, but was forced to resign when it was revealed that he had accepted a free holiday from the daughter of the PLO's finance director. Although Mellor's resignation antedated John Major's "Back to Basics" speech by more than a year, the media were quick to link the new campaign to the scandal. There was some speculation that the press were taking revenge over Mellor's support for the creation of a Press Complaints Commission, to rein in what he saw as excessive press snooping in people's private lives. In 1992 MP Alan Amos received a police caution for indecency after being found cruising for gay sex on Hampstead Heath. 1993 In February 1993 Major himself sued a publication which falsely alleged he had conducted an affair with Downing Street caterer Clare Latimer. In May 1993 Michael Mates, a junior minister in the Northern Ireland office, resigned over his links to Asil Nadir, a UK-based Northern Cypriot businessman who later fled the country after an indictment by the Serious Fraud Office. Between September and November 1993, newspapers revealed that junior transport minister Steven Norris had separated from his wife and was conducting simultaneous affairs with three different women (who were not all aware of each other's existence). A further two long-term mistresses from his past were also exposed in the media. This prompted the headline, "YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, MINISTER!!!" Norris remained in office, with John Major reportedly believing that he "was entitled to act as he likes in his private life". The revelations